Correlation of relative density and strength properties with anatomical properties of the wood of Ghanaian Celtis species

dc.contributor.author	Ocloo, J.K.
dc.contributor.author	Laing, E.
dc.date.accessioned	2019-03-07T10:44:51Z
dc.date.available	2019-03-07T10:44:51Z
dc.date.issued	2003
dc.description.abstract	The relative density (RD) and mechanical strength properties of the wood of four Ghanaian Celtis species have been studied. There were significant differences between the relative densities of the wood of the species. The wood of Celtis mildbraedii was significantly heavier (RD = 0.872) than those of C. adolfi-friderici (RD = 0.685), C. wightii (RD = 0.771) and C. zenkeri (RD = 0.789). Celtis adolfi-friderici was the lightest among the four species. There was good correlation between the relative density and some of the strength properties of the species. The wall thickness of the vessels and fibres, the fractional wall volume of the vessels and fibres of the wood were the major contributors to the density and strength of the wood of C. adolfi-friderici, C. mildbraedii and C. zenkeri.	en_US
dc.identifier.other	http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/dai.v15i3.15642
dc.identifier.uri	http://ugspace.ug.edu.gh/handle/123456789/28560
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.publisher	Discovery and Innovation	en_US
dc.subject	Celtis species	en_US
dc.subject	Properties	en_US
dc.subject	Variations	en_US
dc.title	Correlation of relative density and strength properties with anatomical properties of the wood of Ghanaian Celtis species	en_US
dc.type	Article	en_US

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