Spectroscopic analysis of the decay resistance of wood treated with extracts from the xylem of Cinnamomum Camphora with XRD and FTIR approaches

• Published in: Guang pu xue yu guang pu fen xi Vol. 34; no. 3; p. 823
• Main Authors: Li, Quan, Wang, Xiao-Xian, Lin, Jin-Guo
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Chinese
• Published: China 01.03.2014
• Subjects: Cellulose; Cinnamomum camphora - chemistry; Fungi; Lignin; Polysaccharides; Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared; Wood; Xylem - chemistry
• ISSN: 1000-0593
• DOI: 10.3964/j.issn.1000-0593(2014)03-0823-04

Four kinds of extracts from the xylem of C. Camphora, ACQ and camphor were selected to make wood preservatives for laboratory toxicity test of wood preservatives for decay fungus. The results showed that the treated blocks with 4% ACQ and 10% methanol extracts could meet the demand of degree I of preservation and showed strong resistance to brown-rot fungus at tack. The wood treated with 4% camphor extracts, 10% ethyl acetate extracts, and 10% acetone extracts reached the demand of degree II and showed moderate decay resistance. The blocks treated with 10% hot water extracts and untreated samples meet the demand of degree III. Through XRD comparison, the author was found that the preservative effects of four extracts are proportional to the degree of crystallinity. Crystallization fields 2 theta diffraction angle were ordered from larger to little as 10% hot wa-ter extracts > untreated samples > 10% acetone extracts > 10% methanol extracts > 1% ethyl acetate extracts. According to FTIR analysis, the amount of