Modification of wood with Si compounds to limit boron leaching from treated wood and to increase termite and decay resistance

International Biodeterioration and Biodegradation

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 187-190

  Kartal, S Nami ^a   Yoshimura, Tsuyoshi ^b   Imamura, Yuji ^b  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Boron; Fungal resistance; Silane; Silicon compounds; Termite resistance; Wood modification

Indexed keywords

ACIDS; BORIDE COATINGS; BORON; BORON COMPOUNDS; DECAY (ORGANIC); ELECTRIC COILS; ETHANOL; FUNGI; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; INORGANIC ACIDS; LEACHING; NONMETALS; SILANES; TERMITE RESISTANCE; WOOD;

ACID CONCENTRATIONS; BORON CONTENT; COPTOTERMES FORMOSANUS; DECAY RESISTANCE; FUNGAL RESISTANCE; LEACHABILITY; LEACHATES; SILANE; TETRA ETHOXY SILANE (TEOS); TRAMETES VERSICOLOR; WOOD COMPONENTS; WOOD MODIFICATION; WOOD SPECIMENS;

SILICON COMPOUNDS;

BORON; FUNGUS; LEACHING; PEST RESISTANCE; SILICON; TERMITE; TESTING METHOD; WOOD;

ACIDS; BORON COMPOUNDS; COATINGS; DECAY; ELECTRIC COILS; ETHANOL; FUNGI; INORGANIC ACIDS; LEACHING; RESISTANCE; SILANES; SILICON COMPOUNDS; TERMITES; WOOD;

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

EID: 58549106951     PISSN: 09648305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibiod.2008.08.006     Document Type: Article

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