An industrial evaluation of a stand level grading system for Pinus patula.
Journal Article
Turner, P., Megown, K. A., Grzeskowiak, V., Megown, R. A., Pauck, J. & Alborough, D. (2001)
An industrial evaluation of a stand level grading system for Pinus patula. Southern African forestry journal. 190, 105-114. doi:10.1080/20702620.2001.10434123. ISSN 1029-5925
This paper reports on progress made in the development and implementation of a stand level wood quality grading system for P. patula identified for processing in Mondi Mereban...
Treatment of timber products with gaseous borate esters: Part 2. Process improvement
Journal Article
Turner, P., & Murphy, R. J. (1998)
Treatment of timber products with gaseous borate esters: Part 2. Process improvement. Wood science and technology, 32(1), 25-31. https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00702557
This paper forms a continuation of the work on treatment of timber products with gaseous borate esters. Turner and Murphy (1995) in an earlier paper indicated that gas flow ra...
Treatment of timber products with gaseous borate esters: Part 1. Factors influencing the treatment process
Journal Article
Turner, P., & Murphy, R. (1995)
Treatment of timber products with gaseous borate esters: Part 1. Factors influencing the treatment process. Wood science and technology, 29(5), 385-395. https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00202586
Several factors which influence the treatment of timber products with vapour phase preservatives such as borate esters are considered. Gas flow rate through the substrate was ...
A vapour phase preservative treatment of manufactured wood based board materials
Journal Article
Murphy, R. J., & Turner, P. (1989)
A vapour phase preservative treatment of manufactured wood based board materials. Wood science and technology, 23(3), 273-279. https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00367740
The preservative treatment of four different wood based board materials using an esterified borate applied in the vapour phase was investigated. Under optimum conditions compl...