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EXTRANEOUS WOOD COMPONENTS [1 record]

Record 1 1998-10-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemical Elements and Compounds
  • Types of Wood
DEF

Materials that are not part of the cell-walls such as starch, pectins, inorganic salts (calcium oxalate) which resist extraction by water, organic solvents or steam.

OBS

extraneous materials; extraneous wood components: terms usually used in the plural.

Key term(s)
  • extraneous material
  • extraneous wood component

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éléments et composés chimiques
  • Sortes de bois
DEF

Constituants secondaires du bois, comme l'amidon, les pectines, les sels inorganiques (oxalate de calcium), qui résistent à l'extraction par l'eau, les solvants organiques ou la vapeur.

CONT

Les matières non extractibles sont importantes parce qu'elles constituent une source de nombreux produits dérivés du bois, permettent au bois de résister à la décomposition causée par les insectes, inhibent la mise en pâte et le blanchiment, et donnent au bois sa couleur, son odeur et son goût.

OBS

matières non extractibles : terme habituellement utilisé au pluriel.

Key term(s)
  • matière non extractible

Spanish

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