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7.4 Protection 153<br />

fungicides and pyrethroides as insecticide. Pentachlorophenol is totally banned<br />

and γ-hexachlorocyclohexane (lindane) is not used any more. The addition<br />

of emulsifiers enables the use of various organic substances as emulsions in<br />

water-based systems.<br />

Distillates of coal tar oil (creosote) are a complex mixture of some hundred<br />

compounds, mainly polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (Majcherczyk and<br />

Hüttermann 1998), and are allowed for outdoor use of timber in permanent<br />

ground and water contact that is not in contact with human beings. Preferably,<br />

creosotes are applied to wood that is exposed to leaching, e.g., railroad sleepers<br />

and telegraph poles. According to legislation, the content of benzo(a)pyren<br />

is limited to 50 ppm, classified by the Western-European Institute for <strong>Wood</strong><br />

Preservation as type WEI B and C.<br />

Boron compounds, quaternary ammonium compounds, and carbamates are<br />

suitable to prevent growth of Serpula lacrymans through masonry.<br />

For the protective effect, the moisture content, the type of preservative (Table<br />

7.8), the treatment process (Tables 7.9, 7.10), and the duration of treatment<br />

have to be considered. In addition, the timber species and part of the timber<br />

determine the permeability for preservatives. The treatability (EN 350-2)<br />

varies between completely permeable (class 1: easy to treat like the sapwood of<br />

Quercus robur and Pinus sylvestris) to extremely refractory (class 4: extremely<br />

Table 7.9. Applicability of wood preservatives and treating processes depending upon the<br />

wood moisture content (modified from Willeitner and Liese 1992)<br />

Moisture <strong>Wood</strong> Treating process<br />

content preservative<br />

water- creosote organic<br />

based solventbased<br />

green<br />

much above<br />

yes no no sap-displacement (diffusion)<br />

fiber saturation<br />

markedly above<br />

yes no no diffusion, long-term soaking<br />

fiber saturation<br />

slightly above<br />

yes no no diffusion, long-term soaking,<br />

simple methods, OPM<br />

fiber saturation<br />

below<br />

yes no (yes) soaking, simple methods,<br />

(diffusion), (pressure processes)<br />

fiber saturation yes yes yes pressure processes (except OPM),<br />

soaking, simple methods<br />

underlined preferably recommended, in brackets possible but not recommended,<br />

OPM oscillating pressure method<br />

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