Description

This Processing and Treatment Standard contains the minimum requirements and process limitations for treating woodproducts under the AWPA Standards. This includes conditioning of material for treatment, treatment processes andlimitations, end-results of treatment, post treatment handling, and quality control applicable to all commodities treated underthe AWPA Use Category System. It should be used in conjunction with the AWPA Standard U1 “Use Category System: UserSpecification for Treated Wood”, which lists the retentions for commodities and their appropriate exposure conditions.Treating practices and results shall be in compliance with all AWPA Standards including: “P” Standards which detail acceptedAWPA preservative chemicals, “A” Standards that contain analytical methods to quantify and monitor preservative treatmentpractices and wood products, and “M” Standards which are miscellaneous standards. Processing requirements specific toindividual commodities listed in the Commodity Specifications in Standard U1 are found in the Commodity Sections of thisstandard. This standard uses SI (i.e., metric) units. US Customary units are soft conversions and are for information only.

Product Details

Published:

2018

Number of Pages:

41

File Size:

1 file , 650 KB