Decay and termite resistance of plywood treated with various fire retardants

Building and Environment

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 1207-1211

  Nami Kartal, S ^a   Ayrilmis, Nadir ^a   Imamura, Yuji ^b  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Boron; Decay resistance; Fire retardant; Phosphorus; Plywood; Termite resistance

Indexed keywords

BORON; DECAY (ORGANIC); FLAME RETARDANTS; FUNGUS RESISTANCE; PHOSPHORUS; TERMITE RESISTANCE;

FUNGAL DECAY RESISTANCE; MASS LOSS; PLYWOOD PANELS;

PLYWOOD;

BORON; DECAY (ORGANIC); FLAME RETARDANTS; FUNGUS RESISTANCE; PHOSPHORUS; PLYWOOD; TERMITE RESISTANCE;

BORON; FUNGUS; PEST RESISTANCE; PHOSPHORUS; TERMITE; WOOD;

BORIC ACID; BORON; BROWN ROT FUNGI; DECAY RESISTANCE; FLAME RETARDANTS; FUNGUS RESISTANCE; PHOSPHORUS; PLY WOOD; SODIUM BORATE; TERMITES; WHITE ROT FUNGI;

COPTOTERMES FORMOSANUS; FOMITOPSIS PALUSTRIS; FUNGI; ISOPTERA; PHANEROCHAETE; RHINOTERMITIDAE; TETRABERLINIA BIFOLIOLATA; TRAMETES VERSICOLOR;

EID: 33751160054     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2005.11.018     Document Type: Article

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