Wood Treatment and Properties
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This research aimed to evaluate the effects of boric acid preservative, chitosan, and heat treatments on physical properties, preservative leaching, and weathering resistance of two fast-growing woods. Manii (Maesopsis eminiii Engl.) and mindi (Melia azedarach Linn.) woods were impregnated with 5% boric acid preservative at a pressure of 7 kg cm-2 for 4 hours. The next step involves a second-stage impregnation with chitosan (at a 2% concentration), and mixed combination of boric acid-chitosan, under the same pressure and duration. The final step was heat-treatment at 70 ºC and 140 ºC under atmospheric conditions for 4 hours. The retention of boric acid in manii and mindi woods was 18,1 ± 0,8 kg m-3 and 12,7 ± 0,9 kg m-3, respectively. The interaction of boric acid, chitosan, and heat treatments significantly affected the density, water absorption, leaching, wood dimensional stability, shrinkage, and wood resistance to weathering. Impregnation boric acid-chitosan mixture and heating at 140 ºC (M140) successfully increased the density, ASE, and reduced water absorption and leaching in manii and mindi woods.
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@article{Istriana2026PHYSICAL,
title = {THE PHYSICAL PROPERTIES AND COLOR CHANGES OF TREATED FAST-GROWING WOODS WITH BORON COMPOUNDS, CHITOSAN, AND HEATING},
author = {Ninin Istriana and Trisna Priadi and Lisman Suryanegara and Lilih Cipta Pangestu},
journal = {Indonesian Journal of Forestry Research},
year = {2026},
doi = {10.59465/ijfr.2026.13.2.301-323},
url = {https://doi.org/10.59465/ijfr.2026.13.2.301-323}
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