Fire resistance of Douglas fir (Pseudotsuga menzieesi) treated with borates and natural extractives

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 98, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1101-1105

  Baysal, Ergun ^a   Altinok, Mustafa ^b   Colak, Mehmet ^a   Kiyoka Ozaki, S ^c   Toker, Hilmi ^a  

^a MUGLA SITKI KOCMAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Borates; Fire retardant; Fire test; Natural extractives; Wood

Indexed keywords

BORON COMPOUNDS; SOLUTIONS; WOOD;

FIRE TESTS; NATURAL EXTRACTIVES;

FLAME RETARDANTS;

BORATE SODIUM; BORIC ACID; CHROMIC ACID; COPPER; FLAME RETARDANT;

BORON COMPOUNDS; FLAME RETARDANTS; SOLUTIONS; WOOD;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; BARK; BORATE; CONIFEROUS TREE; FIRE; PLANT PRODUCT;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; DOUGLAS FIR; FIRE; NONHUMAN; POWDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE; WEIGHT;

BORATES; CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; FIRES; FLAME RETARDANTS; MATERIALS TESTING; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT EXTRACTS; PSEUDOTSUGA; TEMPERATURE;

BORATES; FLAME RETARDANTS; SOLUTIONS; WOOD;

FUNGI; HEXAPODA; PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII;

EID: 33750302474     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2006.04.023     Document Type: Article

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