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Wood Density Determination with the Perspective to Decarbonisation of Tropical Forest Species from the Luki Biosphere Reserve in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Lubumbashi, Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Center for Research on Water Management and Environment (CREE), Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Center for Research on Water Management and Environment (CREE), Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Research Centre for Applied Sciences and Technologies (CRSAT), Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Faculty of Letters and Human Sciences, National Pedagogical University (UPN), Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Center for Research on Water Management and Environment (CREE), Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Center for Research on Water Management and Environment (CREE), Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Center for Research on Water Management and Environment (CREE), Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Center for Research on Water Management and Environment (CREE), Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Hydro-Quebec Institute for Environment, Development and Society at Laval University, Quebec, Canada
- 1 Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Lubumbashi, Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of the Congo
- 2 Center for Research on Water Management and Environment (CREE), Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
- 3 Center for Research on Water Management and Environment (CREE), Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
- 4 Research Centre for Applied Sciences and Technologies (CRSAT), Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
- 5 Faculty of Letters and Human Sciences, National Pedagogical University (UPN), Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
- 6 Center for Research on Water Management and Environment (CREE), Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
- 7 Center for Research on Water Management and Environment (CREE), Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
- 8 Center for Research on Water Management and Environment (CREE), Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
- 9 Center for Research on Water Management and Environment (CREE), Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
- 10 Hydro-Quebec Institute for Environment, Development and Society at Laval University, Quebec, Canada
Green and Sustainable Chemistry·Volume 13 (2023)·Pages 162–169·Published 23 May 2023·DOI10.4236/gsc.2023.132009
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Abstract
Specimens of the forest species such as Pentaclethra macrophylla , Petersianthus macrocarpus , Pycnanthus angolensis and Terminalia superba have been sampled from LUKI Biosphere reserve in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in order to determine their wood density with the perspective to decarbonisation. These parameters have been found out experimentally utilizing a drying technique in an oven including techniques of immersion in an Erlenmeyer full of water. The corresponding results indicated that the four species wood density is respectively 0.85, 0.80, 0.77 and 0.51. These preliminary results will be useful in our ongoing project on carbon dioxide absorption capacity of Congo rainforest tree species.
KeywordsCarbon DioxideCongo RainforestDecarbonisationWood Density
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