Wood Preservation: A Guide to the Meaning of Terms |
Common terms and phrases
acid acute oral LD50 Africa ambrosia beetles America ANOBIIDAE Anobium punctatum applied attack bark basidiomycete basidiomycete fungus bldg borers BOSTRYCHIDAE Britain caused Cedar Cedrus cell wall cent chamber characterised chem chemical chlordane chloride CL CL colour common name containing copper creosote Death Watch Beetle fluoride fumigation fungi fungicide fungus genus of north genus of termites heartwood hypha insecticidal joist known larch large number Larix larvae liquid LYCTIDAE major pests Merulius method mg/kg moisture mycelium Nacerdes melanura north temperate hardwood number of species organic solvents penetration pentachlorophenol pests of buildings petroleum oils Picea Pine Pinus Plate poles preservative solution preservative treatment pressure impregnation proc produced rafters rats resistant roof salt sapwood Scolytinae sodium softwood solubility in water spores Sporophore Spruce substance surface temperate hardwood trees termites TERMITIDAE timber tissue toxic tunnel usually vacuum wide wood preservation wood-boring insects wood-destroying