Ventilated façades are increasingly used in building renovation and insulation, yet they often rely on cement-based materials. Cement production alone accounts for over 4 billion tons of CO₂ emissions annually …
The aim of this study was to use Energy-Dispersive X-ray Spectroscopy (EDS) to localize chitosan in the cell wall of chitosan impregnated Scots pine. It is of both general and …
The effectiveness against soft rotting micro fungi and other soil inhabiting micro-organisms was tested according to ENV 807 using different treated Scots pine sapwood and beech wood samples. The treatments …
New environmental benign wood protection agents often come from natural resources, and are sometimes a waste product. Chitosan, a derivative from chitin which is among other sources a by-product from …
A range of studies has shown that Royal treated wood can provide excellent protection against weathering and decay fungi. This treatment combines the protective properties of a wood protection agent …
Legislation restricted the continued use of chromate copper arsenate (CCA) preservatives and creosote. Hence, wood protection agents using different fixation systems were brought forward or were developed as well as …
In this study, natural polymers were tested as possible alternatives for conventional wood preservative in a two-step process. Scots pine sapwood blocks were impregnated with chitosan, tannin, propiconazole and Wolmanit …
