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Article: A FIELD TRIAL OF PIGMENT-EMULSIFIED CREOSOTE: 11 YEAR DATA.
- Article from:
- Forest Products Journal
- Article date:
- June 1, 2000
- Author:
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H. GREAVES [+]
ABSTRACT
A field trial was installed to compare the in-ground performance of three retentions of each of two oilborne preservative formulations: 1) conventional high-temperature creosote (HTC); and 2) a modified creosote formulation, pigment-emulsified creosote (PEC). Nominal retentions targeted for each formulation were 50, 100, and 200 kg/[m.sup.3] (3.1, 6.3, and 12.6 pcf). Also included in the field trial were specimens treated to 308 kg/[m.sup.3] of PEC emulsion to yield an equivalent retention of 200 kg/[m.sup.3] HTC. Treated and untreated Eucalyptus regnans sapwood specimens were exposed horizontally belowground to a range of ...