VOLUME 3, TOPIC 15
A. K. Mukerji1
WATER REPELLENT EFFICIENCY
OF ORGANIC SOLVENT EXTRACTIVES
FROM PINE LEAVES AND
BARK APPLIED TO WOOD
Costas Passialis1 and Elias
Voulgaridis2
Natural wax-like materials were extracted from leaves and bark of Aleppo pine
(Pinus halepensis Mill.) by using toluene as organic solvent. Experimental water repellent formulations (WRFs)
were prepared by using 10% gum rosin as resin constituent and 0%, 1% and 2% paraffin wax, pine
needle/bark extracts or a mixture of paraffin wax and needle/bark extracts in proportion 1:1 as
hydrophobic substance. All experimental WRFs applied to small, cross-sectional wood specimens of Scots
pine (Pinus silvestris) and beech (Fagus
silvatica). Wood specimens were impregnated by a
simple immersion technique and the water repellent effectiveness (WRE) was assessed by using
tangential swelling data. Toluene soluble extracts from needles and bark applied to wood provided
hydrophobic properties to pine and beech wood specimens but to a lesser degree when compared to paraffin
wax. Bark extracts appeared to be stronger hydrophobic materials than needle extracts. Both needle
and bark extracts can be successful substitutes for paraffin wax in WRFs up to 50%. The degree
of protection provided by WRFs and the differences between treatments were smaller in pine
heartwood and beech sapwood than in pine sapwood.
Keywords: Aleppo pine, needle/bark extracts, gum rosin, water repellency
1 (Assistant Professor), Aristotelian University, Department of Forestry and Natural Environment, Laboratory of
Forest Utilization; 540 06 Thessaloniki, Greece
2 (Professor), Aristotelian University, Department of Forestry and Natural Environment, Laboratory of Forest Utilization;
540 06 Thessaloniki, Greece
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