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Details the basics of wood formation, structure, and chemistry, by describing both fundamental and applied studies. Reviews Japanese approaches on wood chemistry research and interpretation of data, examines chemical modifications of wood and its constituents, and introduces biomass conversion. Topi
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This encyclopedic work covers, in 21 chapters by 22 authors, more aspects of the chemistry of wood and cellulose than have been available before in a single volume. It is divided into three roughly equal sections. Part 1 deals with the structure and chemistry of wood, with chapters on cellulose, hemicelluloses, lignin, bark, and extractives. Part 2 covers chemical, photochemical, biological, and pyrolytic degradation processes. Part 3, on modification and utilization of wood, is more technical than the others, but still fundamental in its approach. Much of the recent advances in wood chemistry have been made in Japan, and one of the editors and more than three-fourths of the book's authors work in that country. Thus, the more than 3,000 references, although broadly international in scope, include much primary literature published in Japan that will be welcomed by US users who have limited access to Japanese periodicals. Many diagrams, graphs, and tables add substantially to the book's value. A perfunctory subject index of six pages is its only serious shortcoming. This will be the "bible" of wood chemistry for the foreseeable future. Essential for any institution involved in wood chemistry. C. W. Beck; Vassar College
