Harbor Screening Tests of Marine Borer Inhibitors.
Abstract
The Civil Engineering Laboratory exposed wood panels impregnated with various materials to determine the resistance of these panels to attack by marine borers. This report lists the results of harbor tests of panels which underwent exposure from January 1967 through 1971 at Pearl Harbor and 1976 at Port Hueneme. When impregnated into wood test panels, creosote and 70-30 creosote/coal-tar solution are about equally effective against Martesia and teredinid attack, but the addition of certain organic and organometallic compounds to creosote or creosote/coal-tar solution produces a preservative superior to either solution alone. Certain creosote-free treatments which contain a combination of one material specifically toxic to Limnoria and another material specifically toxic to teredines are superior to creosote or creosote/coal-tar solutions in preventing marine borer attack. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Dec 01, 1976
- Accession Number
- ADA036158
Entities
People
- Thorndyke Roe Jr.
Organizations
- Naval Facilities Engineering Service Center