Treatability of U.S. wood species with pigment-emulsified creosote

Forest Products Journal

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 29-35

  Crawford, Douglas M ^a   De Groot, Rodney C ^a   Watkins, John B ^b   Greaves, Harry ^c   Schmalzl, Karl J ^c   Syers, T L ^c  

^a FOREST PRODUCTS LABORATORY   (United States)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PIGMENT-EMULSIFIED CREOSOTE (PEC); PINUS; PSEUDOTSUGA; QUERCUS; TIMBER;

MICROSTRUCTURE; POLES;

WOOD PRESERVATION;

ABIES; ACER RUBRUM; PINUS ECHINATA; PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII; QUERCUS; QUERCUS RUBRA;

EID: 0033640577     PISSN: 00157473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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