1. RISK ASSESSMENT OF MOULD GROWTH ON SPRUCE WOOD DURING TRANSPORT IN AN INTERMODAL CONTAINER.
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Kržišnik, Davor, Lesar, Boštjan, Thaler, Nejc, Grbec, Samo, and Humar, Miha
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SPRUCE , *MOLDS (Fungi) , *MICROCLIMATOLOGY , *BOTANICAL specimens , *NORWAY spruce , *HUMIDITY - Abstract
Microclimatic conditions (relative humidity and temperature) were monitored in a shipment of Norway spruce (Picea abies) wood inside an intermodal container on its 66-day transport from Slovenia to Japan. In parallel, the susceptibility of Norway spruce wood to moulding fungi was determined and a dynamic vapour sorption analysis was performed. Considerable moulding developed on specimens that were exposed to a climate with relative humidity above 93%. The results of the laboratory assessment correlated with the observations of mould development in the container. The relative humidity in the container was below 93%, so there was no mould growth on the transported Norway spruce wood. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2018
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