{"title":"Borates in remedial treatments for timber in service","authors":"S. Kartal, J. Morrell","doi":"10.30728/boron.1208619","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Large preservative-treated timbers and poles can develop internal and external decay as they age in service. Arresting this damage can pose a challenge, especially internal decay. Boron plays an important role in helping arrest fungal attack in a variety of applications. This paper discusses the use of borates as a component in pastes for limiting external decay and the use of boron solutions or rods for arresting internal decay. Long-term field trials show that boron movement is initially slow, but boron was found in Douglas-fir poles almost 30 years after application. The results illustrate the value of boron as a remedial treatment for limiting fungal attack in timber in service.","PeriodicalId":431027,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Boron","volume":"52 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2023-01-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of Boron","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.30728/boron.1208619","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Large preservative-treated timbers and poles can develop internal and external decay as they age in service. Arresting this damage can pose a challenge, especially internal decay. Boron plays an important role in helping arrest fungal attack in a variety of applications. This paper discusses the use of borates as a component in pastes for limiting external decay and the use of boron solutions or rods for arresting internal decay. Long-term field trials show that boron movement is initially slow, but boron was found in Douglas-fir poles almost 30 years after application. The results illustrate the value of boron as a remedial treatment for limiting fungal attack in timber in service.