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CHENG Ya-fei,JIANG Tian-le,ZHAI Shu-jie,et al.Performance of Heat-Treated Sitka Spruce Wood for Soundboards[J].Chinese Journal of Wood Science and Technology,2022,36(04):57-62. DOI: 10.12326/j.2096-9694.2021182.
Performance of Heat-Treated Sitka Spruce Wood for Soundboards
In order to investigate the effect of heat treatment on acoustic properties of wood, Sitka spruce boards were thermally treated with the atmospheric superheated steam at 160 ℃ for 0.5, 1.5 or 2.0 hours. The acoustic properties, hygroscopicity, and color of the heat-treated wood were assessed. Dynamic thermomechanical analysis was applied to investigate wood viscoelasticity and property modification mechanism. The results showed that heat treatment improved wood acoustic properties. After the treatments, the specific dynamic elastic modulus increased by 30.4%~36.4%, the quality constant increased by 19.1%~22.3%, and the sound conversion efficiency increased by 44.8%~48.6%. The hygroscopicity of the heat-treated wood was found much lower than the control, which helped both improve and stabilize the acoustic properties, and the after-treatment appearance was similar to the naturally aged wood.
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