A High Performance Marine Timber Protection System

在海洋环境中使用的木材通常经过化学处理，以防止海洋蛀虫的攻击。这些技术只取得了部分成功，并对环境造成了危害。提出了一种新型复合材料，它有望显著提高保护木结构免受海洋蛀虫破坏的技术水平，以及一般的污染生物。新系统将在纤维素木质基材和坚韧的聚合物保护层之间提供显著加强的共价键。拟议中的技术也很有吸引力，因为它只涉及环境兼容的组件，并且易于应用。

Timbers used in a marine environment are generally treated chemically to prevent attack by marine borers. These techniques suffer from partial success and offer environmental hazards. A novel composite material is proposed which promises to significantly advance the state of the art for protecting wooden structures from the ravages of marine borers, as well as fouling organisms in general. The new system will provide for a significantly strengthened covalent bonding between the cellulosic wooden substrate and a tough, polymeric protectant layer. The proposed technology is also attractive since it involves only environmentally compatible components, and will be easy to apply.