Heartwood is dead tissue rich of extractives. Those extractives, especially stilbenes pinosylvin and its’ monomethylether, protect products made of heartwood against decay. Individual trees differ strongly from each other in …
Stilbenes, phenolic compounds rich in Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) heartwood, have strong fungicidal properties. We studied the effect of stilbene extract as an impregnant for Scots pine sapwood in …
Anatomical properties affect the permeability of wood and need to be considered when wood is impregnated with wood protection agents. While Scots pine sapwood material is known to be easy …
Regarding wood decay by fungi there are still open questions, like their ability to transport water, to produce it by their metabolism and to infect and decay dry wood. Few …
Managed forests play crucial roles in ongoing climatic and environmental changes. Among other things, wood is capable of sinking and storing carbon in both standing timber and wood products. To …
Development of fire retardants (FRs) for wood spans over several decades. Commercial FRs for wood are available, however, most of them have problems with performance, emissions, or other issues. Halogenated …
Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) is the basic forest species in Poland. Almost 60% of the forests in this country are pine forests. In recent years, about 40 million cubic …
It has been suggested that the leachability of the water-borne fire-retardants (FRs) guanylurea phosphate (GUP)/boric acid (BA) in treated wood could be reduced with the help of melamine formaldehyde (MF) …
The term knot yellowing, also known as knot bleeding, describes the spotty, yellow-brownish discolorationof coated softwood surfaces. Scots pine wood (Pinus sylvestris L.) is particularly susceptible. Knotyellowing is ascribed to …
Wood, as a building material of renewable origin, is highly valued and widely used for indoor and outdoor applications in many countries. For a better quality, wood is modified thermally …
