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Published: September 22, 2023 doi: 10.3791/65208
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1Forest Is Life, TERRA Teaching and Research Centre, Gembloux Agro Bio-Tech, University of Liège, 2UGent-Woodlab, Laboratory of Wood Technology, Department of Environment, Ghent University, 3UGent Centre for X-ray Tomography (UGCT)

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ASTM standard ASTM D 1107 – 96
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Column drill
Computer hardware for reconstruction and analysis X-ray CT scanning
Cooling 
Drying oven
Ethanol 
Flask for under soxhlet (2000 ml)
Floral foam https://www.oasisfloral.eu/ Sample holder type 1
Glass beads to fill void volume of Soxhlet to save solvent
Glue
Hot water bath  https://www.memmert.com/products/water-baths/water-bath/#!filters=%7B%7D Soxhlet extraction
Increment borer  https://haglofsweden.com/project/increment-borers/
Plastic cylinder  Moonen et al. 2022  Sample holder type 2
Plastic cylinders
Reservoir
Tailored soxhlet apparatus 
Toluene 
Water pump 
X-ray CT scanner

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De Mil, T., Van den Bulcke, J. Tree Core Analysis with X-ray Computed Tomography. J. Vis. Exp. (199), e65208, doi:10.3791/65208 (2023).

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