Analyzing Absorption of Wood Preservatives Using Micro X-ray Fluorescence

摘要

Chemical treatment of wood has long been utilized to prolong the lifetime of the product. A 4 in. x 4 in. wood sample was treated on the outside with copper, which is used in many preservative formulations, and then cross -sectioned. Using micro X-ray fluorescence, the absorption depth of copper was imaged, and found to be relatively deep, but not uniformly distributed.