Effect of weathering exposure on the preservative and softening agent retentions, wood hardness and climbability of CCA-treated red pine utility poles

Forest Products Journal

Volumn 49, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 59-68

  Besner, André ^a   Gilbert, Roland ^a   Tétreault, Pierre ^a   Labrecque, Jean François ^a  

^a HYDRO QUÉBEC   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDITIVES; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COPPER COMPOUNDS; HARDNESS; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; WEATHERING; WOOD PRESERVATION; WOOD PRODUCTS;

CHROMATED COPPER ARSENATE; PINUS;

POLES;

EID: 0033299304     PISSN: 00157473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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