Wood preservation for marine application
Wood preservation for marine application
Date
2001
Authors
Edwin, L.
Thomas, S.N.
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Journal ISSN
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Publisher
Central Institute of Fisheries Technology
Abstract
Wood, perhaps , is the oldest and most popular material used for construction of traditional fishing craft. Wood has excellent properties with respect to buoyancy, workability , treatability, nail-holding power, strength to weight ratio and poor transmission of heat. these factors, together with its abundance, might have contributed to its popularity in marine application stand out as the major impediments against the use of wood as a construction material for fishing craft. among these, the former , i.e., the dimensional instability , can be contained if the wood is appropriately seasoned before use for such purposes.
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Keywords
Traditional fishing craft, marine, wood
Citation
Cift Technology Advisory Series 2001: 6(1), 2-7