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[Biophysics] Re: melting wood

Dr Engelbert Buxbaum via biophys%40net.bio.net (by engelbert_buxbaum from hotmail.com)
Tue Aug 19 08:19:40 EST 2008


Am 12.08.2008, 22:58 Uhr, schrieb Olli Holliday <olli.holliday from gmail.com>:

> I am trying to find further information about melting wood, all I've
> found so far are messages from this forum from 1994, 1999 and 2003
> that seem to be without any follow-up.
>
> has any progress been made on this topic in the years since the last
> post?

Wood is mainly composed of cellulose and lignin. These macromolecules do  
not melt, but decompose when heated, producing charcoal.


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