Difference between revisions of "Burnetized wood"
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| − | Wood treated with [ | + | Wood treated with [[zinc chloride]]. Burnetized wood was used for outdoor construction, bridges and railroad ties. This is a 19th century preservation process that is no longer used because zinc chloride is water-soluble and leaches out of the wood over time. |
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Revision as of 12:54, 9 January 2014
Description
Wood treated with Zinc chloride. Burnetized wood was used for outdoor construction, bridges and railroad ties. This is a 19th century preservation process that is no longer used because zinc chloride is water-soluble and leaches out of the wood over time.
Authority
- G.S.Brady, Materials Handbook, McGraw-Hill Book Co., New York, 1971 Comment: p. 888
- Dictionary of Building Preservation, Ward Bucher, ed., John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York City, 1996