Monika Bartkowiak, Szymon Rosołowski, Jakub Brózdowski, Grzegorz Cofta, Grażyna Dąbrowska, Magdalena Zborowska
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Abstract
The aim of the experiment was to produce tar from birch bark using the double-clay pot (traditional) and laboratory methods and to compare them in order to obtain information about the properties of pyrolysis products. The comparison was made based on the analysis of the effectiveness of the methods used, assessment of selected physical properties and chemical composition of pyrolysis products using TGA, FTIR and Py-GC/MS techniques, and identification of the antioxidant properties of pyrolysis products. Birch bark tar was obtained in both methods used. It was found that the production method and the selection of pyrolysis parameters affect the properties of birch bark tar such as density, viscosity, content of solid fraction, solubility, thermal properties, structure and chemical composition, as well as antioxidant properties.
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European Journal of Wood and Wood Products reports on original research and new developments in the field of wood and wood products and their biological, chemical, physical as well as mechanical and technological properties, processes and uses. Subjects range from roundwood to wood based products, composite materials and structural applications, with related jointing techniques. Moreover, it deals with wood as a chemical raw material, source of energy as well as with inter-disciplinary aspects of environmental assessment and international markets.
European Journal of Wood and Wood Products aims at promoting international scientific communication and transfer of new technologies from research into practice.