Wood Deterioration and Preservation
Subtitle: Advances in Our Changing World (Acs Symposium Series)
Contributors: Barry Goodell (Editor); Darrel D. Nicholas (Editor); Tor P. Schultz (Editor)
Publisher: An American Chemical Society Publication
Published: April 1, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 482
ISBN-13: 9780841237971
Subjects: Materials For Engineering; Technical & Manufacturing Trades; Manufacturing; Wood Technology And Products; Technology & Industrial Arts; Technology; Science/Mathematics; Preservation; Material Science; Chemistry - Industrial & Technical; Environmental Science; Science / Environmental Science; Wood; Congresses; Deterioration
First sentence: Wood-degrading fungi, insects, bacteria and marine borers cause damage resulting in billions of dollars being spent on repair and replacement of wooden structures every year.