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Preservative treatment of Scots pine and Norway spruce
The ability to treat Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) and Norway spruce (Picea abies) with oilborne copper-8-quinolinolate or with waterborne chromated copper arsenate, ammoniacal copper zinc arsenate, or ammoniacal copper quaternary […]
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Forest Products Journal | 2004 |
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Pressure treatment of Sitka spruce lumber with ammoniacal copper zinc arsenate or chromated copper arsenate
Air-seasoned Sitka spruce was treated with ammoniacal copper zinc arsenate (ACZA) or chromated copper arsenate (CCA) at 11 commercial plants. Preservative retention and penetration were greater with ACZA treatments. All […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1993 |
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Pressure treatment of wood with emulsifiable preservative systems
Southern pine (Pinus spp.) veneer peeler cores were treated with two new water-dispersible preservative formulations based on pentachlorophenol (PWD) and zinc naphthenate (ZWD). The Lowry empty-cell process was chosen for […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1988 |
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Pressure-Preservative Treatment of Poplar Lumber
Balsam poplar (Populus balsamifera L.) and trembling aspen (P. tremuloides Michx.) 2 x 4s from Alberta and British Columbia were commercially pressure treated with creosote and ammoniacal copper arsenate (ACA) […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1976 |
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Pressure-Treating Broadens Wood’s Market Potential
As a structural material, wood has the disadvantages of being subject to burning, rotting, destruction by termites, shrinking and swelling, and weathering, and in addition it requires constant maintenance. One […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1964 |
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Preventing Termite Attack By Adding Insecticide to Particleboard, Hardboard and Plywood Adhesive
Fabricated building materials (particleboard, hardboard, and plywood) are susceptible to termite attack if preventive steps are not taken. Three insecticides (chlordane, heptachlor, and HCS-3260 [a modified chlordane that has all […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1979 |
| Hardwood Symposium Proceedings | 1987 | |
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Prevention of Fungal Stain on Pine Lumber – Lab Screening Tests with Fungicides
A series of chemicals, some of which are modern agricultural fungicides, were screened in laboratory tests to identify efficient sapstain preventives of low mammalian toxicity. Two compounds, Captan and Folpet, […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1976 |
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Prevention of non-microbial sapstains in southern hardwoods
A series of field tests demonstrated that non-microbial sapstains in hardwoods could be prevented by dipping lumber from freshly cut logs in formulations containing either 5 or 10 percent sodium […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1992 |
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Prevention of non-microbial sapstains in water-stored oak logs
Lumber sawn from water-stored red oak logs develops non-microbial sapstain sooner and at a more rapid rate than lumber sawn from freshly cut logs. Non-microbial sapstain can be prevented in […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1992 |
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Prevention of Shipworm Attack on Sawlogs Transported in Rafts
Attack by shipworms (Bankia setacea) on log rafts in Vancouver harbor averaged $5000 loss per Davis raft. Rafts in salt water no longer than 3 months were not attacked, but […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1953 |
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Problems and Practices in Wood Preservation, 1958-9
Maintaining and developing new markets for “preserved” forest products is a perennial problem, but the financial rewards are worth the effort. Piling.–strong competition from steel and concrete has been partially […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1960 |
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Procedure for Evaluating the Effect of Heartwood Extractives on Decay Resistance
A test procedure for evaluating the fungistatic properties of wood extractives is introduced. The test employs the use of ground wood for substrate and the protective effect is measured by […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1980 |
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Progress in Wood Preservation
During 1961 substantial advancement was made in the use of wood preservatives, dimensional stabilization, and fire-retardant treatments for wood. To be effective, however, the industry’s research and marketing efforts must […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1962 |
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Progress in Wood Preservation, 1959-60
Progress, report of FPRS Wood Preservation Division covering region by region accounts of: the swing to the results specification; new methods of testing preservatives; volume of preservatives used and timber […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1961 |
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Properties of laboratory-made plywood with Fipronil? insecticide added in the resin formulation
With the increased use of wood composites in wide-ranging applications, protection against decay fungi and termites will represent one important criterion in material selection. Fipronil?, an insecticide already used to […]
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Forest Products Journal | 2002 |
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Properties of structural panels fabricated from bioremediated CCA-treated wood: Pilot scale
Particleboard and flakeboard panels were fabricated from remediated CCA-treated southern yellow pine. Treated wood, flaked or comminuted into particles, was remediated in 12-kg batches using oxalic acid extraction, followed by […]
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Forest Products Journal | 2006 |
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Protecting Cutoff Tops of Douglas-Fir Piles from Decay
Along the Oregon coastline, unprotected cut-off tops of pressure-creosoted Douglas-fir piles rot within 4 years. When the unprotected wood exposed by cutting is brush-coated with creosote, piles are infected by […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1980 |
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Protecting Douglas-fir pile tops from internal decay: a 15-year field trial
The ability of chemicals and caps, alone or in combination, to prevent top decay in Douglas-fir pile sections was investigated over 15 years. Culture of increment cores revealed that capping […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1993 |
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Protecting Millwork with Water Repellents
Treating millwork with a water repellent made from paraffin wax, resin, and solvent was found to provide excellent protection against outdoor weathering during 20 years of exposure. Both painted and […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1978 |
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Protecting Wood Against Dry-Wood Termites with Cashewnut Shell Oil
Small blocks of Parana Pine (Araucaria angustifolia) 6x23x70mm were treated in laboratory with cashewnut shell oil using ethanol as solvent. Retention levels used were 50, 100 and 140 kilograms of […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1980 |
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Protection of freshly cut radiata pine chips from fungal attack
Current regulations by the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture require that wood chips imported into the United States must be fumigated with methyl bromide. The impact of this treatment is questionable; […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1998 |
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Protection of oriented strandboard with borate
Experimental panels were prepared to evaluate the effect of borate treatment on the behavior of the treated oriented strandboard (OSB) panels. Polyethylene glycol (PEG) was used as the flowing agent […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1999 |
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Protection of western redcedar sapwood from decay
Thirty chemical formulations including pentachlorophenol were evaluated for their ability to prevent decay of western redcedar sapwood during and after 2 years’ exposure on a test fence. Techniques used were […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1990 |
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Rapid fixation of CCA wood preservative with electromagnetic energy
Electromagnetic radiation, such as microwaves and radio-frequency currents, were shown to rapidly heat and fix chromated copper arsenate (CCA) chemicals in wood. This facilitates quick processing and shipment of treated […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1996 |