Tiralová, Zuzana, 1975- The decay resistance of four hydrothermally treated hardwood species / Zuzana Tiralová, Gabriela Slabejová. -- Obr., tab. -- Studies on the durability of European beech (Fagus sylvatica), alder (Alnus glutinosa), paper birch (Betula papyrifera), and Norway maple wood (Acer pseudoplatanus) after hydrothermal treatment in saturated water were carried out. Treatment of hardwoods was performed at two temperatures of 105 and 135°C for 6 hours. Fungal resistance was tested in the laboratory conditions with brown rot fungi Serpula lacrymans, Gloeophyllum trabeum and white-rot fungus Trametes versicolor. Half-specimens from each species were leached in accordance with STN EN 84 prior to the test. The results of decay resistance tests showed strong susceptibility of hydrothermally treated hardwood species to brown and white rot caused by basidiomycete fungi. In all cases, the mass loss was greater than 20%, and the moisture content significantly exceeded the fibre saturation point, above the level required for a fungal attack. Leaching had an insignificant effect on fungal resistance. All hardwoods were classified as non-durable species.

In Acta Facultatis Xylologiae Zvolen : vedecký časopis Drevárskej fakulty. -- Zvolen : Technická univerzita vo Zvolene, 2022. -- ISSN 1336-3824. -- Vol. 64, no. 2 (2022), s. 17-27

I. Slabejová, Gabriela, 1975-
II. Acta Facultatis Xylologiae Zvolen : vedecký časopis Drevárskej fakulty. -- Vol. 64, no. 2 (2022), s. 17-27

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