Year: 2006
Type: article
Abstract: Visible and near infrared spectra were acquired between rings 3 -40 for the stained and control-clear wood samples (n ס 304).Absorbance was greater for the stained than the control wood at wavelengths between 464 to 1334 nm.Statistical techniques were applied to the NIR data to determine which wavelengths, and their corresponding chemical assignments, were most affected by the fungi.First and 2 nd derivative pretreatments to the original spectra resulted in some blue-stain sensitive wavelengths throughout the 350 to 2500 nm range, some of which are associated with nitrogen in the melanin present in blue stain.However, for the 2 nd derivative pretreatment, the stained wood exhibited a different signal to noise ratio than the control wood, and thus the pretreatment method should be used with vigilance.For the raw, 1 st , and 2 nd derivatives, the absorbance of L. serpens (n ס 164) significantly differed from O. minus (n ס 140) between 424 -554 nm.The results of this study are important because the absorbance at visible and NIR wavelengths may be used to classify stained wood.
Language: English
Subfield: Analytical Chemistry
Field: Chemistry
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W1597278970