• Korean Journal of Agricultural Science
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• v.31 no.1
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• pp.9-14
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• 2004

This study was carried out for deresinning the larch boards dried in a conventional kiln. Prior to heat treatment they were steamed in an autoclave for 5 hours or frozen for 24 hours at a temperature of $-35^{\circ}C$. The velocities of ultrasound transmitted through the specimens were measured to examine the correlation with their resin contents. It was found that the specimens heated at $100^{\circ}C$ for 5 hours contained less resin that those heated at $200^{\circ}C$ for an hour. Both treatments of steaming and freezing were effective for deresinning and the former was better than the latter. The ultrasonic velocities measured before the heat treatment showed a negative correlation to the resin contents of the specimens, but those measured after the heat treatment a positive correlation. This difference may be attributed to the viscosity of resin.

• Journal of the Korean Wood Science and Technology
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• v.33 no.4 s.132
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• pp.30-37
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• 2005

Heating and Steaming treatments were carried for deresinning and color change of radiata pine juvenile wood. The boards of 20 mm and 30 mm thicknesses were heat-treated at $150^{\circ}C$ and $220^{\circ}C$ for 2, 4 and 6 hours and steamed at $100^{\circ}C$ for 6, 24 and 48 hours. For extracting residual resin in treated boards and measuring wood surface color, alcohol-benzene solution and a portable colorimeter were used, respectively. The board of 20 mm thickness were deresined effectively by heating at over $150^{\circ}C$ for 2 hours or steaming for 6 hours while that of 30 mm thickness by steaming for 48 hours. For the board of 30 mm thickness treatment time was more influencing on deresinning than treatment temperature. The steamed boards showed higher $L^*$ than the heat-treated for both thicknesses. $L^*$ decreased with the increase of treatment temperature and time, but for the board heat-treated at $220^{\circ}C$ it didn't change after 4 hours. The surface color of the boards heat-treated at $220^{\circ}C$ for 4 and 6 hours were obviously changed, but those at $150^{\circ}C$ were not. It was revealed that the core of the heat-treated board was color changed as well as the surface.