SBIR/STTR Research Award
A SINGLE STEP FIRE PROTECTIVE AND PRESERVATIVE TREATMENT FOR WOOD
Award amount
$50,936Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
1990Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Army
- Recipient company
- Cape Cod Research
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- Not reported
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
THE PROPOSED RESEARCH INVESTIGATES THE FEASIBILITY OF DEVELOPING A SINGLE STEP WOOD TREATMENT THAT WILL RESULT IN THE WOOD BEING PRESERVED FROM BIOLOGICAL DEGRADATION AND PROTECTED FROM THE RAVAGES OF FIRE AS WELL. THE NOVEL APPROACH INCLUDES THE IRREVERSIBLE IMMOBILIZATION OF THE VARIOUS TREATMENT CHEMICALS WITHIN THE CELLULOSIC STRUCTURE OF THE WOOD. THIS WILL ALLOW FOR THE LONG TERM PROTECTION OF THE WOOD BY PREVENTING THE OCCURRENCE OF LEACHING IN HUMID ENVIRONMENTS. IN ADDITION, THE NEW FORMULATION WILL BE SAFE TO HANDLE.
Technology keywords
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