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Chemical characterization of the ashes of some African hardwoods

Authors :
S. I. Ahonkhai
Source :
Wood Science and Technology. 22:227-229
Publication Year :
1988
Publisher :
Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 1988.

Abstract

Eight African hardwoods of commercial interest (Mimusops djave; Mitragyna ciliata; Celtis mildbraedii; Antiaris africana; Terminalia superba; Daniella ogea; Entandrophragma cylindricum; and Afrormosia elata) were ashed. The percentage ash content of the woods was determined and the ash samples were analysed for soluble base (as K2CO3), Na+, K+, Ca2+, and Mg2+. A link between the densities of the woods and the Ca2+ content of their ash was established.

Subjects

Subjects :
biology
Chemistry
Forestry
Plant Science
Mitragyna
biology.organism_classification
Mimusops
Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
Terminalia superba
Celtis mildbraedii
Entandrophragma
Botany
Lovoa trichilioides
Hardwood
General Materials Science
Nauclea diderrichii

Details

ISSN :
14325225 and 00437719
Volume :
22
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Wood Science and Technology
Accession number :
edsair.doi...........d205968458b40be5784f47fe0780ae3b
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00386017
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