Leachability, decay, and termite resistance of wood treated with metaborates

Journal of Wood Science

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 344-348

  Furuno, Takeshi ^a   Lin, Liang ^a   Katoh, Sadanobu ^a  

^a SHIMANE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Decay resistance; Double diffusion; Leachability; Metaborate; Termite resistance

Indexed keywords

DECAY (ORGANIC); IMPREGNATION; LEACHING; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SOLUBILITY; TERMITE PROOFING;

ACIDIC SOLUTIONS;

WOOD;

DECAY; IMPREGNATION; LEACHING; PRECIPITATION; SAP WOOD; SODIUM BORATE; SOLUBILITY; TERMITES; WOOD;

COPTOTERMES; COPTOTERMES FORMOSANUS; CRYPTOMERIA; CRYPTOMERIA JAPONICA; FOMITOPSIS; FUNGI; ISOPTERA; JAPONICA; PHANEROCHAETE; RHINOTERMITIDAE; TRAMETES; TRAMETES VERSICOLOR;

EID: 0142134962     PISSN: 14350211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10086-002-0474-x     Document Type: Article

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