Three types of silanes were tested for their ability to impart hydrophobicity to solid wood samples: a tetraalkoxy silane bearing four hydrolysable alkoxy groups; two alkyl-trialkoxy silanes; and two multifunctional oligomeric silane systems...
Keywords: hydrophobation, SEM-EDX, silane, sol-gel process
01/2006 | Holzforschung, Walter de GruyterDifferent aminofunctional silanes were tested for their suitability to preserve wood against basidiomycetes in a mini-block experiment according to EN 113...
Keywords: basidiomycete resistance, brown rot, silane, sol-gel process, white rot
03/2006 | Holzforschung, Walter de Gruyter