Relationship between total extractive content and durability of three tropical hardwoods exposed to Coriolus versicolor (Linnaeus) Quelet

Published Date

December 2010, Volume 7, Issue 1, pp 9-13

First online: 23 December 2010

Title 

Relationship between total extractive content and durability of three tropical hardwoods exposed to Coriolusversicolor (Linnaeus) Quelet

Author 

• C. Antwi-Boasiako 
• , J. R. Barnett
• , A. J. Pitman

Title

Relationship between total extractive content and durability of three tropical hardwoods exposed to Coriolus versicolor(Linnaeus) Quelet

Cover Date

2010-12

DOI

10.1007/s13196-010-0002-3

Print ISSN

0972-172X

Online ISSN

0976-8432

Publisher

Springer-Verlag

Author Affiliations

• 1. Department of Wood Science & Technology, Faculty of Renewable Natural Resources,, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science & Technology, Kumasi, Ghana
• 2. School of Plant Sciences, The University of Reading, Reading, Berkshire, RG6 6AS, UK
• 3. Site Based Services, TRADA Technology, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, HP18 9AF, UK

Abstract

The relationship between total extractive content and durability of Nauclea diderrichii (de Wild.) Merr. and Corynanthe pachyceras Welw. from the Rubiaceae and Nesogodornia papaverifera (A. Chev.) R. Capuron. from the Tiliaceae has been investigated. The extractive content of each wood was measured and blocks were exposed to Coriolus versicolor (Linnaeus) Quelet for 8 weeks. An inverse relationship was found between extractive content and weight loss. From the results, it was found that N. diderrichii (extractive content = 13.29–13.96%; weight loss = 1.02–1.91%) is the most durable species, followed by C. pachyceras heartwood (extractive content = 12.56–14.19%; weight loss = 5.80–8.21%) and N. papaverifera(extractive content = 10.18–10.65%; weight loss = 8.22–9.01%). For these species, total extractive content is consistently related to the durability of the hardwoods.

Keywords

Corynanthe pachyceras Durability classes Hot-water extraction Incubation Nauclea diderrichii Nesogodornia papaverifera

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