Depth profile of UV-induced wood surface degradation

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V Jirous-Rajkovic1, H Turkulin1, E R Miller2
1Faculty of Forestry, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
2Miller Associates Ltd, St Albans, U K

Tóm tắt

The depth profile of weathering effects on wood was studied after the laboratory ultraviolet exposure of fir-wood. The ‘thin strip’ method (ie the measurement of changes in tensile properties of microtomed wood sections) was modified in terms of exposure of batches of strips packed in bundles and exposed in a QUV apparatus. The bundles of strips were exposed untreated, covered with surface strips that had been impregnated with chromium (VI) trioxide or Fe(III) nitrate, or protected with free films of clear stain with photostabilisers and without photostabilisers. It has been shown that ultraviolet (UV) light penetrates the fir-wood surface to a depth greater than 70µm, resulting in changes in the tensile strength of the fir-wood strips to a depth of 70 to 140µm. Strength changes in lower levels (down to 280µm from the surface) could not be clearly attributed to a predominant effect of UV light, and were probably controlled by hydrolytic processes. 100 hours of exposure enabled the effectiveness of several treatments to be established. The clear stain, enriched with a UV absorber (Tinuvin 1130. Ciba) and a hindered amine light stabiliser (HALS compound type) (Tinuvin 292, Ciba), was shown to offer the best protection of the treatments studied. Impregnation with aqueous solutions of chromium (VI) trioxide and Fe(III) nitrate proved ineffective in photostabilising the wood surface.

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