Aspen Bibliography

Document Type

Article

Journal/Book Title/Conference

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volume

14

Issue

4

First Page

597

Last Page

600

Publication Date

1984

Abstract

The isothermal adsorption and desorption of water vapor by forest fuels is represented with a two-parameter model based on an exponential relationship between Gibbs free energy change and equilibrium moisture content. The model is applied to five sets of sorption data in the literature to illustrate goodness of fit. Two of the data sets are well reproduced by the model; description of the remaining data is less satisfactory. Whether the deviations are due to experimental factors or a deficiency in the model is not determined. At constant temperature, hysteresis ratios tend to increase as percent relative humidity increases.

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