@article{Kumar Poonia_Tripathi_2018, title={Effect of microwave heating on ph and termite resistance of Pinus roxburghii wood}, volume={20}, url={https://revistas.ubiobio.cl/index.php/MCT/article/view/3160}, abstractNote={<p>This study investigated the effect of microwave treatment on wood pH and termite resistance. <em>Pinus roxburghii</em> heartwood was exposed to four different microwave intensities at 2450 MHz frequency for 5 minutes. Preservative impregnation, pH variation and termite resistance of microwave-treated and control specimens were studied. Wood pH decreased from 4.6 (C1) to 3.9 (T4) and preservative uptake increased (i.e., 10.41 to 21.61 kgm<sup>-3</sup>) with increasing microwave treatment intensities. However, microwave treatment had little effect on termite resistance.</p>}, number={3}, journal={Maderas-Cienc Tecnol}, author={Kumar Poonia, Pawan and Tripathi, Sadhna}, year={2018}, month={Jul.}, pages={499–504} }