Water repellency of wood treated with alkylammonium compounds and chromated copper arsenate
IRG/WP 00-30231
D D Nicholas, A Kabir, A D Williams, A F Preston
The comparative water sorption properties of southern pine treated with CCA and several alkylammonium compounds was evaluated for freshly treated wood and for wood after exposure in a fungus cellar. It was found that CCA imparts considerable water repellency to wood which is reduced somewhat after exposure to wet soil. With the exception of a long chain (C20 -C22) compound, the alkylammonium compound treated wood exhibited an increased water sorption rate and also exhibited increased total swelling.
Keywords: ALKYLAMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; CCA WATER REPELLENCY; SWELLING RATES; PINE