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Influence of Water and Humidity on Wood Modification with Lactic Acid

Charlotte Grosse^1,2,*, Marion Noël¹, Marie-France Thévenon³, Lauri Rautkari⁴, Philippe Gérardin²

1 Department of Architecture, Wood and Civil Engineering, Bern University of Applied Sciences, Solothurnstrasse 102, Postfach 6096, CH-2500, Biel, Switzerland
2 LERMaB, EA 4370, University of Lorraine, Faculty of Science and Technology, BP 70 239, F-54506 Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy, France
3 CIRAD, UR BIOWooEB, TA B 114/16, 73 rue Jean François Breton, 34398 Montpellier cedex 5, France
4 Department of Bioproducts and Biosystems, Aalto University, Vuorimiehentie 1, 16300, Espoo, Finland

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