| 1. |
Slope
of grain |
Deviation
of wood fibers in a single plane with reference to longitudinally axle
of timber piece. |
| 2. |
Tangled
grain *) |
Deviation in a not regulary manner
of wood fibers. |
| 3. |
Curly
grain |
Deviation in a regulary manner of
wood fibers in snaking lines form. |
| 4. |
Curl |
Deviation of fibers and anually
rings around the knots or healed wounds. |
| 5. |
Compression
wood |
Modification of resinous wood structure
caracterized by tickening of the late wood area; the late wood becomes
intensly coloured than the surrounding wood. |
| 6. |
Tension
wood |
Structure modification for deciduous
wood which became more compact as the surrounding wood. The wood
aspect is fluffy after sawing. |
| 7. |
Included
sapwood |
Anually rings inside the heartwood
with the sapwood colour and properties. |
| 8. |
Inbark |
Fragments from tree' s bark included
totally or partially in wood. |
| 8.1 |
One
sided inbark |
Inbark visible on one face of lumber/timber
piece. |
| 8.2 |
Through
inbark |
Inbark visible on both faces of
lumber/timber piece. |
| 9 |
Pitch/resin
pocket |
Cavity between anually rings filled
with resin. |
| 9.1 |
One
side resin pocket |
Pitch pocket visible only on one
face of lumber/timber piece. |
| 9.2 |
Through
resin pocket |
Pitch pocket visible on both faces
of lumber /timber piece. |
| 10. |
Resin
imbued area *) |
Area from the lumber / timber piece
strongly imbued with resin. |
| 11. |
Wet
area *) |
Area from the lumber / timber piece
with moisture bigger that surrounding area. After drying this area shows
shallow shakes and a darker color than the surrounding wood. |
| 12. |
Marrow *) |
Heart |
| 13. |
Sapwood
*) |
Youngest part of the tree located
at extremity of heartwood where the sap circulates. |
| 14. |
Tanin
stains |
Brown-rost to brown blue colorations
with a depth of 2-5 mm, with aleatory forms caused by tanin oxidation from
wood. |
| 15. |
Frost
crack coloration *) |
Red and black colorations
without traces of desintegration in a longitudinally section, as narrow
lines of 2-5 mm, sharpened at heads. |
|
|
All terms
without *) are according to ISO 1029-1974, ISO 1031-1974, ISO 2299-1973
and ISO 2300-1973.
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