Environmentally friendly wood preservative system based on polymerized tannin resin-boric acid for outdoor applications

Maderas: Ciencia y Tecnologia

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 253-257

  Thévenon, Marie France ^a   Tondi, Gianluca ^b   Pizzi, Antonio ^b  

^a CIRAD   (France)

^b Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Technologies et Industries du Bois   (France)

Author keywords

Boric Acid; EN 113; Hexamine; Leaching; Pycnoporus sanguineus; Tannins

Indexed keywords

FAGUS; MIMOSA; PYCNOPORUS SANGUINEUS;

EID: 78649963261     PISSN: 07173644     EISSN: 0718221X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4067/S0718-221X2010000300009     Document Type: Article

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