Wood in service is sequestering carbon, but it is principally prone to deterioration where
different fungi metabolize wood, and carbon dioxide is released back to the atmosphere. A …

Wood is a hygroscopic material that absorbs and desorbs water to equilibrate to the ambient
climate. Within material science, the moisture range from 0 to about 95–98% relative …

Hygric properties of porous building materials are important for hygrothermal analysis. Their
experimental determination is however not always reliable, shown by the discrepant results …

Sorption isotherms describe the relation between the equilibrium moisture content of a
material and the ambient relative humidity. Most materials exhibits sorption hysteresis, that …

Water plays a central role in wood research, since it affects all material properties relevant to
the performance of wood materials. Therefore, experimental techniques for characterising …

Wood is a porous, hygroscopic material that can take up water both within cell walls (cell-
wall water) and in the macrovoid structure (capillary water). Therefore, moisture transport in …

Material properties are requisite for all coupled heat and moisture transfer analysis, crucial
to obtain clear insight into and optimized control of the hygrothermal processes in building …

Due to good quality of soil in the Peshawar region (North-West of Pakistan) and the
expertise of the local labors in brick's production, bricks of this region is more popular in the …

The effect of wood modification on wood-water interactions in modified wood is poorly
understood, even though water is a critical factor in fungal wood degradation. A previous …

Moisture influences most physical wood properties and plays an important role in
degradation processes. Like most other porous materials, wood exhibits sorption hysteresis …