Durability of heat-treated wood

and 46% for P. placenta. About 56% and 54% weight loss were obtained for southern pine control exposed to G. trabeum and P. placenta, respectively. The weight loss of the water and acetone extracted heat-treated sample exposed to P. placenta was 49.7% and 53.9%, respectively. Only about 11% and 14.8% weight loss was obtained for water and acetone extracted samples exposed to G. trabeum. The moisture content of the tested samples was about 70 ± 10% for the un-heated controls and 50 ± 10% for heat-treated samples. This treatment may modify the durability from non-resistant to moderate/resistant species depending on the fungus species as defined in the ASTM 2017 standard. The data from the bending test indicate that such treatment may create a 10 to 50% reduction in MOR and deflection, which will limit the use of such wood for structural purposes.