IRG54 conference in Cairns, Queensland in Australia.

The IRG54 meeting of the International Wood Preservation Research Group was held from 28 May to 1 June 2023 at the Pullman Hotel in Cairns, Queensland, Australia. In addition to our Polish team, the conference was attended by our project partners from NIBIO in Norway.

A total of four papers were presented:
Starch modified with silanes - high hydrophobic surface treatment for wood protection (W. Perdoch, M. Bajstok, B. Mazela, I. Siemińska, B. Peplińska)
Carbon nanotubes and multifunctional silane additive as fillers in PF resin and their effect on the composite flammability (W. Grzeskowiak, B. Mazela, T. Prowadzisz)
Investigating the fire properties of a composite material made of MDF-residues, citric acid and sorbitol (P. Lewandowski, W. Perdoch, E. Larnoy, H. Militz)
Field test methods as long-term aging - report of selective wood properties (W. Perdoch, M. Benc, B. Mazela, A. Szulc, J. Cegiela)