Maximising Value of the Plantation Resource: Part 1. Development of a Log Grading Proposal for Pruned Softwood logs
Journal Article
Turner, P., & Price, C. S. (1996)
Maximising Value of the Plantation Resource: Part 1. Development of a Log Grading Proposal for Pruned Softwood logs. South African forestry journal, 176(1), 29-33. https://doi.org/10.1080/00382167.1996.9629707
There are at present strong market pressures to increase the price of pruned softwood logs in South Africa. However, there is currently no equitable basis on which to price pr...
Treatment of timber products with gaseous borate esters: Part 1. Factors influencing the treatment process
Journal Article
Turner, P., & Murphy, R. (1995)
Treatment of timber products with gaseous borate esters: Part 1. Factors influencing the treatment process. Wood science and technology, 29(5), 385-395. https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00202586
Several factors which influence the treatment of timber products with vapour phase preservatives such as borate esters are considered. Gas flow rate through the substrate was ...
A vapour phase preservative treatment of manufactured wood based board materials
Journal Article
Murphy, R. J., & Turner, P. (1989)
A vapour phase preservative treatment of manufactured wood based board materials. Wood science and technology, 23(3), 273-279. https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00367740
The preservative treatment of four different wood based board materials using an esterified borate applied in the vapour phase was investigated. Under optimum conditions compl...