Treatment of wood and wood-based materials

摘要

PCT No. PCT/GB89/00836 Sec. 371 Date Jan. 18, 1991 Sec. 102(e) Date Jan. 18, 1991 PCT Filed Jul. 20, 1989 PCT Pub. No. WO90/00959 PCT Pub. Date Feb. 8, 1990.A method of treating moisture containing wood including the step of exposing the timber or wood to a vaporous azeotrope of an organ-boron component and an alcohol at a temperature below the alcohol's boiling point. The organ-boron compound hydrolyses with the moisture to form boric acid in the timber or board.