Abstract
Abstract Wood samples ( Picea jezoensis Carr.) were treated with aqueous NaOH solutions (0–0.20 concentration fraction, 12 conditions), and bending tests were performed to measure stress relaxation. The relationship between mechanical properties and NaOH concentration is discussed. The relaxation modulus and relaxation rate were divided into three concentration ranges. Both decreased slightly for NaOH concentrations less than 0.10, decreased drastically for concentrations between 0.11 and 0.14, and decreased slightly for concentrations greater than 0.15. The change in relaxation behavior upon NaOH treatment was due to an increase in molecular chain mobility in non-crystallized regions along the microfibril longitudinal axis in wood as well as lignin swelling. Furthermore, the molecular chain response in this region required time; thus, the dependence of crystallinity on the relaxation rate was apparent in the long time region.
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