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Creator:: Morrell, Jeffrey J.
Abstract:: The amounts of treated wood present at a wood recycling center in western Oregon were surveyed over a 10-year period. Treated wood was found at 106 of 112 inspections, but the levels never exceeded 2 percent of the volume present. The amount of treated wood averaged 0.15 percent of the...
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Full Text:: a Wood Recovery Center in Western Oregon Jeffrey J. Morrell Abstract The amounts of treated wood

Creator:: Morrell, Jeffrey J.
Abstract:: The resistance of three naturally durable heartwood species and a stranded giant bamboo product to fungal and termite (Coptotermes formosanus) attack was evaluated at a test site located near Hilo, Hawaii. Merbau (Intsia bijuga or I. palembanica) and ipe (Tabebuia spp.) were both exceptionally resistant to fungal and termite attack,...
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Full Text:: Wood-Based Materials to Fungal and Termite Attack in Non–Soil Contact Exposures Jeffrey J. Morrell

Creator:: Morrell, Jeffrey J.
Abstract:: The effect of various wood characteristics on decomposition of metham sodium to methylisothiocyanate in sixteen North American and Southeast Asian hardwoods and softwoods was investigated. While marked differences were noted in the degree of decomposition among some species, the relationship between decomposition and lignin content, extractive levels, wood pH, or...
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Full Text:: , while temperature had a lesser effect. The results suggest that the wood environment could be

Creator:: Morrell, Jeffrey J.
Abstract:: The bioassay with Aspergillus niger is a simple way of determining the presence and amount of pentachlorophenol or tributyltin oxide in wood, but it does not appear useful for measuring strongly fixed chemicals such as chromated copper arsenate, borate, and fluoride. Its effectiveness in detecting other preservatives has not been...
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Full Text:: a simple way of determining the presence and amount of pentachlorophenol or tributyltin oxide in

Creator:: Mankowski, Mark and Morrell, Jeffrey J.
Abstract:: The ability of white and brown rot fungi to colonize wood-plastic composites was investigated by measuring weight loss and anatomical changes. Three composite materials were evaluated. The material containing a 70/30 wood-high density polyethylene (HDPE) mixture was most susceptible to fungal attack, while two different 50/50 wood-HDPE composites experienced little...
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Full Text:: FOLLOWING EXPOSURE IN A SOIL BLOCK TEST1 Mark Mankowski Research Assistant and Professor Department

Creator:: Morrell, Jeffrey J. and Norton, Jack
Abstract:: An aging electricity distribution system and reduced availability of naturally durable tropical hardwoods in Australia will combine in the next decade to produce a major shortage of poles. One approach to mitigating this shortage is to utilize lower durability species and improve the penetration of preservatives into the refractory heartwood...
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Full Text:: groundline treatment of Australian wood species: A preliminary study J.J. MorrellS Jack Norton Abstract

Creator:: Freitag, Camille M. and Morrell, Jeffrey J.
Abstract:: The heartwood of western redcedar (Thuja plicuta) is known for its natural resistance to fungal attack, but some users of western redcedar utility poles have suggested that its durability may be diminished as suppliers begin to harvest trees from younger stands. The decay resistance of western redcedar samples from the...
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Full Text:: DURABILITY OF A CHANGING WESTERN REDCEDAR RESOURCE1

Creator:: Corden, Malcolm E. and Morrell, Jeffrey J.
Abstract:: A small-scale test was developed to evaluate the ability of fungicides to control decay fungi established in wood. The test, which uses blocks 2.5 x 2.5 x 10 cm, tests the ability of a chemical to migrate from the middle of the block to control a previously established decay fungus,...
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Full Text:: EVALUATING POTENTIAL DECAY CONTROL AGENTS WITH A SMALL

Creator:: Zahora, Andrew R. and Morrell, Jeffrey J.
Abstract:: A closed-tube bioassay with Poria placenta was used to measure residual fungistatic vapors in wood fumigated with methylisothiocyanate (MIT). This bioassay showed an inverse linear relationship between fungal growth and the amount of MIT in the wood samples. For fumigated increment-core sections of unseasoned Douglas-fir heartwood (4.8 mm in diameter...
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Full Text:: A NOTE ON THE SENSITIVITY OF A CLOSED-TUBE BIOASSAY TO

Creator:: Forsyth, Paul G. and Morrell, Jeffrey J.
Abstract:: Basamid (3,5-dimethyl-l,3,5,2H-tetrahydrothiadiazine-2-thione), a crystalline powder first used as a soil sterilant, has shown promise as a wood fumigant. This chemical decomposes to methylisothiocyanate (MITC), the primary active ingredient, as well as other products; but the rate of decomposition in wood is too slow to be effective unless certain catalysts are...
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Full Text:: : LABORATORY STUDIES OF A POTENTIAL WOOD FUMIGANT1 Paul G. Forsyth Research Associate and Researcher

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