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Wood—A Combustible Building Material

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This chapter describes wood as a combustible material, discussing the influence of thermal degradation on individual wood structures (microscopic and macroscopic) as well as on changes in its chemical composition and changes in physical and mechanical properties.

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Štefko, J., Osvald, A. (2021). Wood—A Combustible Building Material. In: Model Fire in a Two-Storey Timber Building. SpringerBriefs in Fire. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-82205-7_2

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