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Quality assessment of thermally modified wood has evolved as one of the major fields in the research on thermal modification of wood. This study investigates NIR spectroscopy in combination with the pattern recognition method of soft independent modeling of class analogies (SIMCA). Focus is put on identifying different treatment intensities of thermally modified samples of beech, ash, and Norway spruce. The results indicate that SIMCA classification based on NIR spectroscopy could be used for quality control of thermally modified wood. The method might be applicable for producers (pre-delivery checks) and customers (reception control). However, transfer from laboratory to industrial conditions needs further investigation.
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The investigations were funded by the Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FFG) in the program line “FHplus” (no. 811968).
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Bächle, H., Zimmer, B. & Wegener, G. Classification of thermally modified wood by FT-NIR spectroscopy and SIMCA. Wood Sci Technol 46, 1181–1192 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00226-012-0481-z
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