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Improving Performance of Thermal Modified Wood against Termites with Bicine and Tricine

Year: 2022

Type: conference-paper

Abstract: The desire to incorporate wood in modern construction has led to a considerable increase in the use of wood modification techniques, and especially thermal modification. However, thermally modified wood has poor performance against termites. The concept of using a combined chemical and thermal modification has been undertaken through the impregnation with either bicine or tricine prior to modification. This paper considers the effects of these chemicals on the activity of termites and considers their mode of action in terms of termite survival and on their effects on the symbiotic protists present within the termite gut.

Source: Construction technologies and architecture

DOI: 10.4028/www.scientific.net/cta.1.735

Authors: Dennis Jones, Lina Nunes, Sonia Duarte

Institutions: Luleå University of Technology, National Laboratory for Civil Engineering, University of Lisbon

Language: English

Topic: Wood Treatment and Properties

Subfield: Building and Construction

Field: Engineering

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: bronze

Funders: Univerza v Ljubljani, Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia

Award: SYMBIOTIC FLAGELLATE PROTISTS AS A TARGET FOR SUBTERRANEAN TERMITES CONTROL STRATEGIES