Enhanced wood preservative composition
US5944880A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jan 26, 1998 |
| Grant date | Aug 31, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 26, 2018 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB27K3/50
- WIPO fieldBasic materials chemistry
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A wood preservative composition comprising a biocide such as a quaternary ammonium compound, e.g., didecyl-dimethyl ammonium chloride (DDAC), an isothiazolone or an isophthalonitrile, in combination with an antioxidant, e.g., a flavone or a phenol, is useful as a cost-effective and environmentally safe wood preservative. The invention also provides a method for the use of such composition and compositions so treated.
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