Victor Fassina Brocco

EFEITOS DOS EXTRATIVOS E DA DENSIDADE NA RESISTÊNCIA NATURAL DE MADEIRAS AO TÉRMITA Nasutitermes corniger

The evaluation of the natural resistance of wood to wood-destroying organisms is of fundamental importance in the choice of species to be used in buildings and furniture industry. Thus, the effects of extractives and wood density on biological resistance of Acacia mangium, Casuarina equisetifolia, Corymbia torelliana, Eucalyptus cloeziana, Tectona grandis andCaesalpinia echinata woods to the xylophagous termiteNasutitermes corniger was evaluated under laboratory conditions. Test samples, with dimensions of 2.00 x 2.54 x 0.64 cm (radial x tangential x longitudinal) in four positions in pith-bark direction (internal heart, intermediate heart, outer heart and sapwood) were taken. The woods were exposed to termite action for 28 days in no-choice feeding test. The samples not selected for the termite test were turned into sawdust and the extractive contents were obtained using the shavings that passed through the sieve of 40 and were retained in the sieve of 60 mesh. The wood natural resistance, within the pith-bark positions, for the studied species, is not correlated with the density and extractive content. However, among the woods, those with higher density and extractive content are more resistant. The woods with greater biological resistance to the termite Nasutitermes corniger(smaller mass loss, waste and survival time of insects) are Corymbia torelliana and Caesalpinia echinata and of less resistance is Casuarina equisetifolia.

Tratamento Preservativo de Duas Espécies de Bambu por Imersão Prolongada e Boucherie Modificado

This study aimed to evaluate the quality of preservative treatment of Bambusa vulgaris and Dendrocalamus giganteus bamboo species employing two treatment methods. The bamboos were collected in clumps in the municipalities of Alegre and Jeronimo Monteiro, southern of Espirito Santo State, Brazil. The stems were sectioned in 2.0 m-long culms and treated in solutions with 1 and 3% of the active ingredients (a.i.) of a product based on copper, chromium and boron (CCB). In the long-term immersion method, the culms were immersed in the solution for 5, 10 and 15 days. In the modified Boucherie method, the solution penetrated the bamboo species using a pressure of 0.7 MPa. Treatment quality was evaluated by means of penetration and retention of CCB in the culms. There was greater penetration of a.i. at the base of the culms, and retention was below recommendation according to the Brazilian standards for wood treatment.

Tratamento Preservativo de Duas Espécies de Bambu por Imersão Prolongada e Boucherie Modificado / Preservative Treatment of Two Bamboo Species by Long-Term Immersion and Modified Boucherie

This study aimed to evaluate the quality of preservative treatment of Bambusa vulgaris and Dendrocalamus giganteus bamboo species employing two treatment methods. The bamboos were collected in clumps in the municipalities of Alegre and Jeronimo Monteiro, southern of Espirito Santo State, Brazil. The stems were sectioned in 2.0 m-long culms and treated in solutions with 1 and 3% of the active ingredients (a.i.) of a product based on copper, chromium and boron (CCB). In the long-term immersion method, the culms were immersed in the solution for 5, 10 and 15 days. In the modified Boucherie method, the solution penetrated the bamboo species using a pressure of 0.7 MPa. Treatment quality was evaluated by means of penetration and retention of CCB in the culms. There was greater penetration of a.i. at the base of the culms, and retention was below recommendation according to the Brazilian standards for wood treatment.