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Article: TREATABILITY OF U.S. WOOD SPECIES WITH PIGMENT-EMULSIFIED CREOSOTE.
- Article from:
- Forest Products Journal
- Article date:
- January 1, 2000
- Author:
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RODNEY C. DE GROOT [+]
HARRY GREAVES [+]
ABSTRACT
Since the 1920s, creosote has been used extensively in the United States for treatment of construction timbers, poles, and posts. However, creosote has the tendency to exude or "bleed" from some treated commodities, producing a tar-like covered surface. In the United States, creosote-treated products exhibiting cleaner dried surfaces and a reduced tendency to bleed have been achieved through reduction of the xylene-insoluble carbonaceous fraction in creosote. In Australia, pigment-stabilized creosote emulsion formulations have been designed and developed to "lock" the oil phase within the ...