【美国《胶粘时代》1977年20卷5期报导】美国林产品试验室两名科学家获得了一项保存木材新方法的专利(U·S,3,985,921)。这个方法是用环氧丁烷处理木材以改变木材的化学结构使霉菌和白蚁不能寄生,处理后的木材在潮湿或干燥的情况下不会变形。这种方法比其它处理方法更有效和经济,简便,处理后的木材无污染,而且化合物已变成木材的一部份,不会因雨淋或其它气候因素而消除。 由于处理后的木材变成木材细胞壁的一部份,所以,使木材的体积有所增加,如果每5磅重的木材加入1磅化合物其体积可增加5％。此方法中使用的环氧丁烷为过氧化物,过氧化物与木材反应很迅速,并且没有付产物。处理后,木材的颜色没有显著变化并可保护其天然色泽。用这种化学改性的方法处理木材,可改变木材的 [Glue Times, USA, 1977, Volume 20, Issue 5] Two scientists from the U.S. Forest Products Laboratory received a patent (U. S, 3,985,921) on a new method for preserving wood. This method involves treating the wood with butylene oxide to change the chemical structure of the wood so that the mold and termites do not become parasitic and the treated wood does not deform in wet or dry conditions. This method is more efficient and economical than other treatments, the treated wood is non-polluting, and the compounds have become part of the wood and will not be eliminated by rain or other climatic factors. As the treated wood becomes part of the cell wall of the wood, the volume of the wood is increased and the volume can increase by 5% if 1 pound of compound is added for every 5 pounds of wood. The butylene oxide used in this method is a peroxide, the peroxide reacts very quickly with the wood, and no by-products are produced. After treatment, the wood color does not change significantly and can protect its natural color. Wood can be altered by this chemically modified method