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2. Wood preservation - Wikipedia

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   Apart from structural wood preservation measures, there are a number of different chemical preservatives and processes (also known as timber treatment, lumber treatment or pressure treatment) that can extend the life of wood, timber, and their associated products, including engineered wood. These generally increase the durability and resistance ...

3. Plywood - Wikipedia

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   Other types of plywoods include fire-retardant, moisture-resistant, wire mesh, sign-grade, and pressure-treated. However, the plywood may be treated with various chemicals to improve the plywood's fireproofing. Each of these products is designed to fill a need in industry. Baltic Birch plywood is a product of an area around the Baltic Sea.

4. Hardboard - Wikipedia

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   Hardboard, also called high-density fiberboard (HDF), [1] is a type of fiberboard, which is a pressed wood or engineered wood product. [2] It is used in furniture and in the construction industry. Description

5. Phenol formaldehyde resin - Wikipedia

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   Another use of phenolic resins is the making of duroplast, famously used in Trabant automobiles. Phenolic resins are also used for making exterior plywood commonly known as weather and boil proof (WBP) plywood because phenolic resins have no melting point but only a decomposing point in the temperature zone of 220 °C (428 °F) and above.

6. Thermally modified wood - Wikipedia

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   Thermally modified wood is engineered wood that has been modified by a controlled pyrolysis process of wood being heated to (> 180 °C) in an oxygen free atmosphere. This process changes to the chemical structures of wood's cell wall components lignin , cellulose and hemicellulose which decreases its hygroscopy and thus increases dimensional ...

7. UFP Industries - Wikipedia

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   UFP Industries was founded in Michigan in 1955 as a supplier of lumber to the manufactured housing industry. In 2021, the company had over 200 locations in eight countries with 15,000+ employees and sales of $8.6 billion.