| 摘要 |
Disclosed is a method of treating wood, the method comprising: quenching irradiated wood, the irradiated wood comprising wood that has been irradiated with at least 0.1 MRad of radiation having an energy of at least 1 MeV, the wood having a moisture content of less than about 35 percent by weight before irradiation, and the irradiation having increased the molecular weight of a cellulosic component of the wood from a first molecular weight to a second, relatively higher molecular weight at least about 10 percent higher than the first molecular weight. |
