Probing red maple pit membrane pore size at FSP and OD using polystyrene macromolecules
IRG/WP 01-40217
A Omidvar, M H Schneider, A R P Van Heiningen
A modified solute exclusion technique was used to pressure impregnate a polystyrene molecular weight (MW) series dissolved in styrene into red maple samples at approximately the fiber saturation point (FSP) and oven dry (OD). Radial penetration was less than tangential and FSP less than OD. There was a marked penetration change with MW in the tangential direction, although there appeared to be a slight decrease in FSP penetration at the higher MW tested.