Volume : IV, Issue : III, March - 2015
Abstract :
 Despite numerous economic and environmental benefits of bamboo, its greater use is still hampered by the limited natural 
durability of most species. Among the products aiming to improve the protection of bamboo the pyroligneous acid occupies 
outstanding position. In this research work, bamboo splits were cooked in pyroligneous acid, at three different dilutions (10, 
20 and 30%) at five time intervals (15, 30, 60, 120 and 180 minutes), in order to protect against deterioration by powderpost beetle. During 20 weeks, bamboo strips were visually inspected and having theirs mass loss measured, as well as 
readings of the ultrasonic pulse velocity (UPV) parallel to fibers. Paired t–test indicated that UPV decreased meanwhile strips 
mass increased; however it should be considered the simultaneous effect of the relative humidity changes in the period
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, PARIPEX-INDIAN JOURNAL OF RESEARCH : Volume-2 | Issue-3 | March-2013
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