The drying of wood follows mechanisms that are still largely unclear. They involve liquid water in the cell cavities known by their Latin name of “lumina” (singular “lumen”) but also water adsorbed in the cell walls. Researchers from the Navier laboratory (CNRS, École des Ponts ParisTech, Université Gustave Eiffel), of the ANATOMIX beamline at SOLEIL and of the Laboratory for Mechanics and Civil...
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