Distribution of blue stain in untreated and DMDHEU treated Scots pine sapwood panels after six years of outdoor weathering

Stergios Adamopoulos (1, 2) , Yanjun Xie (1) , Holger Militz (1)

1 Wood Biology and Wood Products
2 Department of Forestry and Management of Natural Environment

Surface coating and bulk treatment of wood are two effective measures which can, individually or conjointly, protect exterior wood from deterioration. This paper reports on the blue stain attack in coated wood, untreated and modified with DMDHEU, after six years of natural exposure.

Mots clés: Physical Sciences

Stergios Adamopoulos, Yanjun Xie, Holger Militz. Distribution of blue stain in untreated and DMDHEU treated Scots pine sapwood panels after six years of outdoor weathering. European Journal of Wood and Wood Products, 2010, 69 (2), pp.333-336. ⟨10.1007/s00107-010-0472-4⟩. ⟨hal-00612403⟩