abstract |
THE PRESENT INVENTION PROVIDES A METHOD OF PROTECTING WOOD OR OTHER CELIULOSIC MATERIAL FROM DECAY BY COPPER-TOLERANT FUNGI, AND WOOD PRESERVATIVE FORMULATIONS FOR USE IN THE SAME. THE WOOD PRESERVATIVE FORMULATIONS COMPRISE A BIOCIDAL METAL COMPOUND, A 1, 2, 4-TRIAZOLE AND A DIDECYL QUATERNARY AMMONIUM CATION. DIDECYLDIMETHYL QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS ARE PARTICULARLY PREFERRED. |