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Effects of UV-irradiation on tricine impregnated wood

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In this work, a method of stabilizing the color of wood by amino acid tricine was studied. Therefore, an aqueous tricine solution was impregnated in oak, maple and walnut and subsequently dried. After the wood samples had been irradiated under artificial light, the color changes as well as the chemical changes were measured using FTIR. The results showed a significantly increased UV resistance due to the treatment with tricine. Spectroscopic studies supported this observation and showed a reduced degradation of lignin after the treatment with tricine. The reason for this increased UV stability can be explained on the one hand by a change in the reflective properties of the treated wood and on the other hand by the radical scavenger properties of Maillard reaction products.

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  1. Wood K Plus, Competence Centre for Wood Composites and Wood Chemistry, St. Peter Straße 25, 4021, Linz, Austria

    Markus Hauptmann & Christian Hansmann

  2. Division of Organic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria

    Thomas Rosenau

  3. Department of Material Sciences and Process Engineering, Institute of Wood Science and Technology, BOKU, University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria

    Wolfgang Gindl-Altmutter

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Hauptmann, M., Rosenau, T., Gindl-Altmutter, W. et al. Effects of UV-irradiation on tricine impregnated wood. Eur. J. Wood Prod. 72, 617–622 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00107-014-0824-6

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