Wood for the tree 1: chemical composition and microstructure

  • ECTS

    5 credits

  • Component

    Faculty of Science

  • Hourly volume

    36h

Description

- Taxonomy / phylogeny: the concept of species               

- The origins of the tree / the origins of wood - Appearance of tree forms, invention of wood and evolution   

- Evolution of the cambium and the vascular system                          

- Diversity of woody planes (tracheids / vessels / fibers / parenchymas)

- Anatomical traits and taxonomic recognition of temperate and tropical woods                  

- Chemical composition of wood              

- Macromolecules (Cellulose, hemicelluloses, lignins,...) and their properties (Tg)

- Nano-structure - meso and nano-porosity, organization of cellulose microfibrils (interaction between chemical compounds)              

- Chemical composition of wood              

- Secondary metabolites (function, composition, diversity), extractable       

- Chemical composition of wood - Gums, latex, exudates, resins          

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