METHOD FOR THE QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS OF WOOD PRESERVATIVES AND TREATED TIMBER
This Malaysian Standard details procedures for the detection of preservative materials commonly found in organic solvent type and water-borne type preservative solutions and in preservative-treated wood.
The complex nature of the tar oil type preservatives precludes the use of a specific qualitative test for this group, although some indication of theIr presence may be provided by odour and appearance characteristics.
The procedures described in this standard will frequently be applied before carrying out quantitative analyses using methods described in other standards. Two types of qualitative test are described, those carried out directly on timber sections and those requiring prior preparation of an extract from the timber sample. Some preservative materials can be detected by either type of method, others by only one of them. In addition to the detection of preservative materials, the spray tests described may be used to estimate the penetration of the preservatives.
