Wood preservation

Kevin Archer; Stan Lebow

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Wood preservation

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Kevin Archer, Stan Lebow

Year:

2006

Type:

Miscellaneous Publication

Station:

Forest Products Laboratory

Source:

Primary wood processing : principles and practice. Dordrecht : Springer, c2006: ISBN: 1402043929: 9781402043925: pages 297-338.

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Abstract

Wood preservation can be interpreted to mean protection from fire, chemical degradation, mechanical wear, weathering, as well as biological attack. In this chapter, the term preservation is applied more restrictively to protection from biological hazards.

Keywords

Insect pests, wood-decaying fungi, service life, wood preservation, wood preservatives, biodegradation, buildings materials, preservation, preservatives, review article

Citation

Archer, Kevin; Lebow, Stan. 2006. Wood preservation. Primary wood processing : principles and practice. Dordrecht : Springer, c2006: ISBN: 1402043929: 9781402043925: pages 297-338.