Open AccessCHARACTERIZATION OF ANATOMICAL, MORPHOLOGICAL, PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF KONAR (ZIZIPHUS SPINA-CHRISTI) WOOD
Author(s) -
Mohammad Dahmardeh Ghalehno,
BABAK NOSRATI SHESHKAL,
FARHAD KOOL,
MIHA HUMAR,
Mohsen Bahmani
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
wood research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.371
H-Index - 18
eISSN - 2729-8906
pISSN - 1336-4561
DOI - 10.37763/wr.1336-4561/66.6.912920
Subject(s) - hemicellulose , lignin , cellulose , materials science , composite material , coefficient of variation , fiber , tracheid , chemistry , botany , chromatography , organic chemistry , xylem , biology
The goal of this research is to investigate some morphological (fibre length, fibre diameter, cell wall thickness, Runkel coefficient, flexibility coefficient, slenderness coefficient, rigidity coefficient, Luce's coefficient, solid coefficient), physical (dry wood density, volumetric shrinkage) and chemical (cellulose, hemicellulose, lignin, ash and acetone soluble extractives contents) composition of Konar (Ziziphus spina-christi) wood grown in Hormozgan province, Iran. For this purpose, three normal trees were selected randomly and a disk was cut from each one at breast height. Anatomical inspection revealed that the species was diffuse porous, with distinctive growth rings, simple preformation plate, with polygonal openings, and banded or diffuse-in aggregates parenchyma. The average values of wood dry density, fiber length, fiber diameter, cell wall thickness, Runkel coefficient, flexibility coefficient, felting coefficient, Luce’s coefficient, solid coefficient, rigidity coefficient were 0.926, 52.1, 77.85, 0.57,163 ×103 μ3 and 0.48. Cellulose, hemicellulose, lignin, acetone soluble, extractives, ashcontents were43.34, 19.98, 33.9, 6.42 and 2.78%, resp.