Chapter 2 – Wood-preserving technology

Author

• Nicholas P. Cheremisinoff

• Paul E. Rosenfeld

Available online 17 March 2010

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https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-08-096446-1.10002-4

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This chapter provides a description of the technologies and equipment used in preserving wood. Wood preservation involves the pressure or thermal impregnation of chemicals into wood. The process results in long-term resistance to attack by fungi, bacteria, insects, and marine borers. This has the economic advantage of reducing maintenance costs for industry sectors such as the railroad industry, which faces significant costs for replacement of ties. The effectiveness of the preservative varies and can depend not only upon its composition, but also upon the quantity injected into the wood, the depth of penetration, the conditions to which the treated material is exposed in service, and the species of wood treated. There is considerable art in the preservation of wood, for which other authoritative references may be consulted. The intent is to examine pollution and waste management, and ways to responsibly manage these, and as such only a cursory examination of the manufacturing technologies from the standpoint of product performance is made.

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