Performance of zinc borate-treated oriented structural straw board against mold fungi, decay fungi, and termites - a preliminary trial

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Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 2986-2995

  Han, Guangping ^a   Cheng, Wanli ^a   Manning, Mark ^b   Eloy, Pierre ^c  

^a NORTHEAST FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Rio Tinto Minerals USA   (United States)

^c Novofibre Panel Board Holding (China) Co Ltd   (China)

Author keywords

Decay; Mold; Oriented structural straw board; Termite; Zinc borate

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL FEATURES; DECAY; DECAY FUNGI; DECAY TESTS; DIPHENYLMETHANE; LABORATORY EVALUATION; LABORATORY STUDIES; MOLD FUNGI; ORIENTED STRUCTURAL STRAW BOARD; SOLID WOODS; TERMITE; WEIGHT LOSS; WHEAT STRAWS; ZINC BORATE;

DECAY (ORGANIC); MOLDS; ZINC;

FUNGI;

DECAY; FUNGI; MOLDS; STRAW BOARDS; TERMITES; ZINC;

FUNGI; ISOPTERA; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 84865759659     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19302126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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