Biological decay and termite resistance of post- treated wood-based composites under protected above-ground conditions: A preliminary study after 36 months of exposure

BioResources

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 833-843

  Tascioglu, Cihat ^a   Yoshimura, Tsuyoshi ^b   Tsunoda, Kunio ^b  

^a DUZCE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Above ground use; Post treatment; Termite resistance; Wood based composites

Indexed keywords

ABOVE GROUNDS; ALKALINE COPPER QUAT; MEDIUM DENSITY FIBERBOARDS; ORIENTED STRANDBOARD; POST TREATMENT; PRELIMINARY STUDIES; SUBTERRANEAN TERMITES; WOOD-BASED COMPOSITES;

DURABILITY; HARDWOODS; PLYWOOD; TERMITE RESISTANCE; WOOD PRESERVATION;

WOOD PRODUCTS;

COMPOSITES; DURABILITY; HARDWOODS; PLY WOOD; TERMITES; WOOD PRESERVATION; WOOD PRODUCTS;

FUNGI; ISOPTERA; RHINOTERMITIDAE; TERMITIDAE;

EID: 84876134539     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19302126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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