Feasibility study on three furfurylated non-durable tropical wood species evaluated for resistance to brown, white and soft rot fungi

• Main Authors: Venås, Thomas Mark, Wong, Andrew H.H
• Format: E-Article
• Language: English
• Published: IRGWP 2008
• Subjects: GE Environmental Sciences
• Online Access: http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/16028/1/Feasibility%20study%20on%20three%20furfurylated%20%28abstract%29.pdf; http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/16028/; https://www.researchgate.net/publication/291747427
• Institution: Universiti Malaysia Sarawak

Furfurylation can protect non-durable wood species against biological degradation, but the method used today cannot fully protect the heartwood of Scots pine due to insufficient penetration. In order to test alternative wood substrates for furfurylation, three Malaysian grown wood species (Kelemp...