The treatability of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) sapwood is ranked in the European standard EN 350-2 as class 1 (easy to treat), although huge differences in sapwood penetration exist. To …
The natural durability of timber is an important property in order to assess the performance in service. For numerous species grown in primary forests, this property was already determined. As …
In this paper, phenol-formaldehyde (PF) resins with different average molecular weight (Mw) oligomers were used, to evaluate the effect of molecular size on the allocation of impregnated chemicals in wood …
Furfurylation of wood is basically described as the polymerization of the organic monomer furfuryl alcohol (FA) in wooden tissue. Very little is known about the topochemistry of FA polymerization in …
Impregnation-modification of wood typically results in an inhomogeneous chemical distribution, which reduces the effectiveness in wood protection. Macroscopic gradients in modification degree from the centre to the surface of boards …
Due to the influence of climate change, the growth conditions of trees in Germany and Europe will change. This change also influences the technological properties of wood. As a result, …
