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Above Ground Proximity Decay Field Trial of Modified ACQ-A, Wolman® CA-B and Wolman® CA-C in Taiwan
2023 - IRG/WP 23-30793
An above ground proximity decay field trial was established at Chiayi county, Taiwan in July 2016. The purpose of this study was to generate local field performance data for Taiwan for Slash Pine treated with Wolman® CA-B, Wolman® CA-C and a modified ACQ-A product at AWPA UC3B actives…
J-Y Gan
Field test methods as long-term aging – report of selective wood properties
2023 - IRG/WP 23-40962
Wood samples from a long-term field test are a valuable compendium of information about the material in the context of its aging processes. In the current work, wood samples from the round-robin test within the ECOMOD project were used as a material for the natural aging process (III and…
W Perdoch, M Benc, B Mazela, A Szulc, J Cegiela
Through-boring to improve the performance of low durability Eucalyptus species for utility poles: 10-year field test results of pole stubs exposed in Southeast Queensland
2023 - IRG/WP 23-40972
…zone of the latter two species after 10 years of field testing in Southeast Queensland, Australia. The application of through-boring for improving the performance of these species in roundwood applications such as utility poles merits further investigation.
J Norton, L P Francis, J J Morrell
How predictive are laboratory experiments for assessing the effects of chitin synthesis inhibitors (CSI) on field colonies of terrnites? - A comparison of laboratory and field data from Australian mound-building species of termit
1996 - IRG/WP 96-10143
…were used to test the CSI, hexaflumuron, in laboratory and field trials. Laboratory results showed that hexaflumuron was not repellent and it eliminated four gram groups of C. acinaciformis at a dose of 125 ppm and above within eight weeks. Groups of N. exitiosus were not affected by hexaflumuron: survival and wood…
M Lenz, P V Gleeson, L R Miller, H M Abbey
Evaluation of Decay Resistance of Copper-based Preservatives Treated-Wood exposed to different field test sites in Korea
2022 - IRG/WP 22-20679
…and termite attack was evaluated by the indoor and outdoor field tests. In this paper, the outdoor field test results of ACQ-2, CuAZ-2, MCQ, and CuHDO-3 treated woods were reported, which were installed in 2012 and have been monitored for decay resistance. The tests were conducted at 6 different field test sites in…
W-J Hwang, S-M Yoon, Y Park, Y-S Choi, H-M Lee, J-W Kim
Field tests of different tropical wood species in sea water
2022 - IRG/WP 22-30773
A number of tropical timbers have been tested according to EN 275 at Kristineberg Marine Research Station in Sweden since 1999. Most of these tests have started during the last 5-8 years.
Wood species included have been Lophira alata (Azobé/Ekki), Minquartia…
M Westin, P Larsson Brelid
Effect of nano-particle characteristics and concentration on UV protection of timber: A field exposure test
2022 - IRG/WP 22-40941
Wood has a well-known susceptibility to ultra-violet light degradation, leading to premature replacement. A variety of products have been developed to protect against this damage, but most provide less than 12 months of protection and must be regularly reappli…
T Yi, J J Morrell
Mechanical Properties of Thermally Modified Wood after twelve Months of Field Exposure
2022 - IRG/WP 22-40945
…better mechanical properties than the causes that were field exposed.
R Hasanagić, M Bahmani, L Fathi, M Humar
Utilization of plasma treatments in the field of wood protection
2021 - IRG/WP 21-40912
Plasma treatments have been used for modification of surfaces of wood and wood-based materials for some decades and solutions were developed to apply it for wood protection. This contribution aims to present the background, introduce the available plasma techn…
S Dahle, H Militz
Experience Experience from over 20 years of field trials of resin treated wood – Marine borer resistance of MMF and DMDHEU modified wood
2021 - IRG/WP 21-10976
In 1999 a field test of Scots pine treated with MMF (Methylated Melamine Formaldehyde) resin and acetylated Scots pine post treated with MMF resin was started. Six years later a commissioned full NWPC test for BASF of Belmadur® (DMDHEU resin treated wood) was started…
M Westin, P Larsson Brelid, A O Rapp, J Habicht
Mechanical and biological durability properties against soft-rot and subterranean termite in the field (grave-yard test) of beech wood impregnated with different derivatives of glycerol or polyglycerol and maleic anhydride followed by thermal modification in an opened or in a closed system
2021 - IRG/WP 21-40917
…durability properties in soil beg test (soft-rot test) and field test (grave-yard test) against subterranean termite of the wood modified with an aqueous vinylic derivative of glycerol/polyglycerol or maleic anhydride cured in an opened or in a closed system. Wood modification was performed through impregnation of…
M Mubarok, H Militz, S Dumarcay, I W Darmawan, Y S Hadi, P Gerardin
Performance of naturally durable decks after 15 years of field exposure
2020 - IRG/WP 20-10963
A decking test of Canadian species considered to be naturally durable was inspected after 15 years of exposure at test sites in Ontario and British Columbia. Based on the materials used in this experiment, Douglas-fir and yellow cypress had the greatest decay…
R Stirling, D Wong
Long-term field exposure of wood-plastic composites processed on a commercial-size extruder
2020 - IRG/WP 20-40894
…term evaluations are needed to validate these results. Field exposed above-ground WPC deck boards (30.5 x 139.7 x 609.6 mm) and in-ground (19 x 19 x 457 mm) stakes were visually evaluated near Saucier, Mississippi and Madison, Wisconsin over 17 years. Four blends were extruded on commercial-scale equipment…
R E Ibach, C M Clemmons, N M Stark
Identifying the fungal community on western redcedar (Thuja plicata) wood in field tests above and in ground contact exposure: preliminary results
2019 - IRG/WP 19-10939
…looking at the fungal community on wood that has been in field tests and monitored for decay for many years. We sampled old growth and second growth western redcedar fence posts that have been in ground contact for 17 years, and deck boards that have been in an above ground test for 14 years. We performed DNA…
A Dale, S Kus, R Stirling
Performance of field cut preservatives above-ground and in ground contact exposures
2019 - IRG/WP 19-30742
Field cut preservatives are needed to protect cut ends and drill holes that expose the untreated interior of preserved wood. A series of field cut preservatives were assessed in ground contact and above-ground exposures. After 10 years in ground contact…
R Stirling, D Wong
Knowledge exchange and transfer from academia to industry in the field of wood protection research – Activities of the IRG-WP Communications Committee
2019 - IRG/WP 19-50354
The International Research Group on Wood Protection (IRG) was founded in 1969 as a structured group of like-minded scientists and technologists focused on generating knowledge of the science of wood deterioration, and novel solutions to provide sustainably and…
F Latorre, B Abbott, C Brischke, M Humar, D Jones, E Larnoy, L Nunes, A Preston, T Singh
Inspection results of preservative treated stakes, maximum 33 years in field
1992 - IRG/WP 92-3690
Since in 1958, we have undertaken field experiments in Japan. For these field experiments, we used sapwoods of Japanese cedar called Sugi (Cryptomeria japonica) because of majority of plantation forest soft wood species in Japan. For some preservatives, we added sapwood of Japanese beech…
K Suzuki, K Yamamoto, M Inoue, S Matsuoka
Resistance of modified wood to termite attack assessed in laboratory and field testing: A review of internal research
2018 - IRG/WP 18-40824
…melamine, wax and siloxane treatment). Laboratory and field studies were conducted with termite species Mastotermes darwiniensis Froggatt, Coptotermes acinaciformis Froggatt, Reticulitermes banyulensis Clément and Reticulitermes flavipes Kollar. In general, a termite-species- and wood-species-dependent…
L Emmerich, P Gascón-Garrido, H Militz
10 year Report on COST E37 Round Robin Tests – Comparison of results from laboratory and field tests
2017 - IRG/WP 17-30718
…was set up in 2006. The round robin consisted of both a field test according to the double layer test method and a laboratory test with two different preconditioning methods. The laboratory test results were reported in an earlier IRG paper (IRG/WP13-20535) but are included also in this paper in order to…
M Westin, E Conti, J Creemers, P-O Flæte, A Gellerich, I Irbe, M Klamer, E Melcher, R Moeller, L Nunes, S Palanti, L Reinprecht, E Suttie, H Viitanen
Comparative studies on the durability of English oak (Quercus robur L.) under in-service, field and laboratory conditions
2017 - IRG/WP 17-10881
…evaluation of results from different laboratory, field and in-service tests with English oak. This paper considers the final results from three different projects with in-ground field tests after five, seven, and twelve years respectively. The three English oak assortments showed generally higher durability…
C Brischke, L Meyer-Veltrup, A Soetbeer, M Höpken, E Melcher, J Trautner
Monitoring Diversity and Colonization Patterns of Wood-Inhabiting Fungi Using Field Stake Tests
2017 - IRG/WP 17-20614
…standardized wood performance tests. Combining standard field tests with molecular methods to study wood-associated microflora can help to better understand fungal colonization and decay processes of wood in service. The potential for using DNA-based identification techniques to examine changes in diversity and…
P Torres-Andrade, J Cappellazzi, J J Morrell
Moisture performance of wood determined in laboratory and field trials
2017 - IRG/WP 17-20621
…test method (Brischke et al. 2014).
Results from field trial at Department of Wood Science and Technology in Ljubljana, floating and submersion tests to determine the residual moisture after cycles of absorption and desorption, the water uptake after 24 h in 100 % relative humidity as well as the capillary…
D Kržišnik, N Thaler, B Lesar, M Humar
Ensuring Quality of Treated Wood – Regulations, Certifications and Associative Background in the Field of Wood Protection in Europe
2017 - IRG/WP 17-20626
…and people, and communities of industries involved in the field of wood protection.
M Kutnik, M Klamer, E Melcher
Field Performance of Refractory Species Treated with MCA
2017 - IRG/WP 17-30706
…with multiple retentions of MCA and placed in field tests in Canada in 2009 and 2010. After six years of exposure, untreated stakes were severely decayed while MCA-treated stakes were mostly sound, though low levels of decay were detected in some of the low retention samples. Untreated posts had failed…
R Stirling, J K Ingram, P I Morris
Five-year evaluation of a field trial of Eucalyptus grandis poles treated with zinc and boron
2017 - IRG/WP 17-30721
…results of treatments effectiveness after five years of field trial. The degree of deterioration was rated for different treatments and the deterioration index was added. It was determined the average life time of the test pieces. B and Zn remaining in wood after 5 years were quantified in the aerial and buried…
C Ibáñez, A Camargo, C Mantero, M Rabinovich