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  • Treatment of wood with ethanolamine
    Humar, Miha ; Petrič, Marko, 1962- ; Pohleven, Franc
    Biodegrability is an important drawback of wood that reduces its more extensive use. Improvement of its durability may be achieved by chemical upgrading. We treated Norway spruce sapwood with ... ethanolamine, a compound that is used in wood preservatives in combination with copper compounds. Our experiments showed that ethanolamine reacted with wood or its major compounds (cellulose and lignin) chemically and did not evaporate from it. During this reaction, significant amounts of oxygen were consumed. Upgraded wood preformed increased resistance against wood destroying fungi Trametes versicolor, Antrodia vaillantii and Gloeophyllum trabeum. Therefore, we found treatment of wood ethanolamine interesting for further investigations.
    Type of material - conference contribution
    Publish date - 2001
    Language - english
    COBISS.SI-ID - 802441