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Translucent wood

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Wet cross-sections up to several centimetres thick of young trees show marked translucency. Various research applications are suggested by the observation of this phenomenon.

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  • Anonymous 1962. Piped light. Coresearch No. 161 CSIRO Australia (Description of work of G. Ogilvie and R. Esdaile).

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  1. Division of Applied Chemistry, CSIRO Forest Products Laboratory, South Melbourne, Australia

    H. G. Higgins & A. J. Watson

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  1. H. G. Higgins
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Higgins, H.G., Watson, A.J. Translucent wood. Wood Science and Technology 8, 227–228 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00352025

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