Innovative methods of thermal and chemical modification for more efficient use of wood in indoor and outdoor

The project is focused on thermal and chemical modification of wood, and their mutual combinations. The aim is to find the optimal conditions for adjusting the properties of modification of wood in order to improve its physical and biological properties. The emphasis will be placed on stabilisation of mechanical properties (MOE, MOR). The experiments will be performed by the method of planned experiment; it enables to find the optimal conditions of treatment at the minimal number of experiments. The obtained knowledge will be contributed in the field of theoretical explanation of the mechanism of changes in the mechanical, chemical, physical and biological properties of wood in the process of its thermal, chemical and thermo-chemical modification.