Impregnation of dry wood with pure lactic acid oligomers(OLAs)followed by heat treatment confers promising properties to wood because of OLA’s good diffusion,in-situ polymerization and persistence in cell walls.Treat...Impregnation of dry wood with pure lactic acid oligomers(OLAs)followed by heat treatment confers promising properties to wood because of OLA’s good diffusion,in-situ polymerization and persistence in cell walls.Treatment provides drastic reduction of the equilibrium moisture content,high dimensional stability and good durability.The presence of water during treatment has been evaluated.Curing of OLA impregnated dry wood in humid atmosphere leads to a strong and global degradation of the material.OLA treatment of wet wood only impacts the water leaching rate negatively.Treatment of dry wood with OLA diluted in water additionally decreases the biological resistance and is not efficient for decreasing hygroscopicity.Treatment of dry wood with lactic acid solution leads to a lower polymerization level but confers good properties.展开更多
Linseed oil is a common wood treatment agent,which is often blended with naphthenic oil during its application.In this study,we developed new types of linseed oil blends,where the naphthenic oil was substituted with a...Linseed oil is a common wood treatment agent,which is often blended with naphthenic oil during its application.In this study,we developed new types of linseed oil blends,where the naphthenic oil was substituted with alcohols and pyrolysis oil.As miscibility tests revealed,linseed oil can be blended indefinitely with primary alcohols containing three carbon atoms or more.In addition,kinetic stability of three-component-mixtures was found,which comprised linseed oil,alcohol and pyrolysis oil.The developed blends were further tested for their viscosity and rate of solvent evaporation.At last,trial impregnations of wood were done to test this new treatment agent.The uptake of treatment oil and the effect on water repellency varied,and substituting white spirit with propanol and pyrolysis oil showed potential.The latter were miscible with 50%(wt)linseed oil at concentrations of 37.5%1-or 2-propanol and 12.5%pyrolysis oil.Compared with the reference case,treatment with this agent markedly decreased the water-uptake of the wood.Our study hence attributes great potential to the newly developed linseed oil blends,which may introduce additional product characteristics and generate value to byproducts via pyrolysis.展开更多
文摘Impregnation of dry wood with pure lactic acid oligomers(OLAs)followed by heat treatment confers promising properties to wood because of OLA’s good diffusion,in-situ polymerization and persistence in cell walls.Treatment provides drastic reduction of the equilibrium moisture content,high dimensional stability and good durability.The presence of water during treatment has been evaluated.Curing of OLA impregnated dry wood in humid atmosphere leads to a strong and global degradation of the material.OLA treatment of wet wood only impacts the water leaching rate negatively.Treatment of dry wood with OLA diluted in water additionally decreases the biological resistance and is not efficient for decreasing hygroscopicity.Treatment of dry wood with lactic acid solution leads to a lower polymerization level but confers good properties.
文摘Linseed oil is a common wood treatment agent,which is often blended with naphthenic oil during its application.In this study,we developed new types of linseed oil blends,where the naphthenic oil was substituted with alcohols and pyrolysis oil.As miscibility tests revealed,linseed oil can be blended indefinitely with primary alcohols containing three carbon atoms or more.In addition,kinetic stability of three-component-mixtures was found,which comprised linseed oil,alcohol and pyrolysis oil.The developed blends were further tested for their viscosity and rate of solvent evaporation.At last,trial impregnations of wood were done to test this new treatment agent.The uptake of treatment oil and the effect on water repellency varied,and substituting white spirit with propanol and pyrolysis oil showed potential.The latter were miscible with 50%(wt)linseed oil at concentrations of 37.5%1-or 2-propanol and 12.5%pyrolysis oil.Compared with the reference case,treatment with this agent markedly decreased the water-uptake of the wood.Our study hence attributes great potential to the newly developed linseed oil blends,which may introduce additional product characteristics and generate value to byproducts via pyrolysis.
