kranky
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detecting genus type from wood shavings
Is this possible?
any types of labs where i can send in a material and figure out what type of tree the sawdust came from?
thanks in advance
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It should be possible for a good microscopy lab to do this.
Wood is very distinctive from tree to tree. If a lab has a good range of reference samples plus equipment to make slides it should be easy.
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Im almost 100% sure aside from microscopic analysis that if you performed an alcohol extraction on the wood and send a small sample to a company of
the condensed resin that they would be able to give you an idea of the chemicals present IE, the type of tree it came from.
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thanks, on a mission to find a lab now to send a sample to
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Quote: Originally posted by kranky  | | any types of labs where i can send in a material and figure out what type of tree the sawdust came from? |
Read Identifying Wood, by R. Bruce Hoadley.
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