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Laboratory and outdoor water repellency and dimensional stability of southern pine sapwood treated with a waterborne water repellent made from resin acids

A major consumer concern regarding lumber in above-ground exposure such as decking is the poor dimensional stability that leads to warping, splitting, and checking...

Keywords: abietic acid, checking, cupping, decay resistance, dimensional stability, fatty acids, mold, resin acids, southern pine sapwood, tall oil rosin (TOR), water repellent

05/2007 | Holzforschung, Walter de Gruyter

Decay resistance, extractive content, and water sorption capacity of Siberian larch (Larix sibirica Lebed.) heartwood timber

The aim of this study was to find chemical or physical properties of Siberian larch heartwood timber that correlate with the variation in decay resistance...

Keywords: arabinogalactans, decay resistance, extractives, flavonoids, Folin-Ciocalteu, heartwood, hygroscopicity, Larix sibirica, moisture content, taxifolin

01/2006 | Holzforschung, Walter de Gruyter

Biological resistance of wood treated with zinc and copper metaborates

Insoluble metaborates were formed by impregnating wood with borax and metallic salts, and the biological resistance of samples treated with metaborates was evaluated...

Keywords: copper, decay resistance, field termite test, metaborate, termite resistance, Zinc

01/2006 | Holzforschung, Walter de Gruyter

Combined effect of boron compounds and heat treatments on wood properties: Boron release and decay and termite resistance

The decay and termite resistance of boric acid (BA)- and di-sodium octoborate tetrahydrate (DOT)-treated sugi sapwood was tested in the context of additional heat treatments at two temperature levels...

Keywords: boric acid, boron leaching, Coptotermes formosanus, decay resistance, DOT, Fomitopsis palustris, heat treatment, termite resistance, Trametes versicolor

07/2006 | Holzforschung, Walter de Gruyter

Decay resistance of anhydride-modified Corsican pine sapwood exposed to the brown rot fungus Coniophora puteana

Corsican pine (Pinus nigra) sapwood was chemically modified with acetic or hexanoic anhydride to a variety of weight gains...

Keywords: acetylation, Coniophora puteana, decay protection threshold, decay resistance, hexanoylation, hydroxyl substitution

11/2006 | Holzforschung, Walter de Gruyter

Knotwood as a window to the indirect measurement of the decay resistance of Scots pine heartwood

There is wide variation in the extractive content and decay resistance of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) heartwood...

Keywords: decay resistance, heartwood, knotwood, phenolic compound, resin acid, stilbene

08/2007 | Holzforschung, Walter de Gruyter

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