PRESERVATION OF TIMBER

Wood preservation

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Definition

All measures that are taken to ensure a long life of wood fall under the definition wood preservation (timber treatment).

Apart from structural wood preservation measures, there are a number of different (chemical) preservatives and processes (also known as timber treatment, lumber treatment or "pressure treatment") that can extend the life of wood, timber, wood structures or engineered wood. These generally increase the durability and resistance from being destroyed by insects or fungus.

This article includes following

1.Introduction of wood
2. Wood destroying agent
3.Wood preservatives.
4.Wood preservation process.
5.Safety in wood preservation

Introduction of tree growth and wood structure.

The aim of this section is to describe the some general wood properties and advantages and disadvantages of wood in term of construction because all these has relation with wood preservation

This section also describes some anatomical features and and chemical structure of cell walls. Understanding the structure of wood is essential in understanding the pathways that preservatives follow when wood is treated.

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Wood destroying agent

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