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BS EN 14734:2022:2023 Edition

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Durability of wood and wood-based products. Determination of treatability of timber species to be impregnated with wood preservatives. Laboratory method

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BSI 2023 20
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This document specifies a laboratory method for the determination of the treatability of wood in order to determine the likely reaction of different wood species to impregnation with wood preservatives. It is also applicable to investigate variation between samples of the same species but of different origin.

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2 undefined
5 European foreword
6 Introduction
7 1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions
4 Principle
5 Reagents
5.1 Copper sulfate pentahydrate, at least 98 % pure, solution of 50 g/kg
5.2 Indicator solution
5.3 Sealing compound
8 6 Apparatus
Figure 1 — Typical treatment vessel (with connected pumps and storage tank)
9 7 Preparation of test specimens
8 Procedure
8.1 Moisture content and density determination
8.2 Impregnation of test specimens (standard procedure)
10 8.3 Measurement of penetration
Figure 2 — Cutting of the samples
11 Figure 3 — Measuring points of lateral penetration on cross-section
Figure 4 — Assessment of axial penetration on longitudinal plane
9 Data handling
9.1 Treatability classes for individual test samples
12 Table 1 — Treatability classes
9.2 Differentiation between treatability classes 3 and 4
9.3 Assignation of a treatability class to a set of specimens
13 10 Test report
14 Annex A (informative) Guidance on sampling
A.1 General
A.2 Origin of the material
A.3 Homogeneity of the sample
A.4 Heartwood
15 A.5 Saw pattern
A.6 Seasoning
A.7 Grading
16 Annex B (informative) Example of a test report
17 Table B.1 — Detailed results
Table B.2 — Frequency of the test specimens in each treatability class
18 Bibliography
BS EN 14734:2022
$79.05