Achieving "shell" or "complete" penetration of western Hemlock and Pacific silver fir with borates by pressure/diffusion treatments

Forest Products Journal

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 51-55

  Morris, P I ^a   Byrne, A ^a   Minchin, D R ^a  

^a FORINTEK CANADA CORP   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMPREGNATION; PROTECTION; SCATTERING;

BORATES; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; PENETRATION; SOFTWOOD; UNDER PRESSURE;

WOOD PRESERVATION;

EID: 0029748425     PISSN: 00157473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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