Effects of Impregnation with Tanalith-E on the Compression Strength of Some Woods

This study was performed to determine the effects of impregnation with tanalith-e on compression strengths of oriental beech (fagus orientalis lipsky), european oak (quercus petraea liebl.), black walnut (junglans nigra lipsky), lombardy poplar (populus nigra lipsky), ash (fraxinus exelsior lipsky) and scotch pine (pinus sylvestris lipsky) woods. for this aim, the wood samples were prepared according to ts 345 and impregnated with tanalith-e by the method of the vacuum according to astm d 1413 and producers’ definition. after impregnation process, compression strength was measured according to ts 2595. consequently, compression strengths of wood un-impregnated were found higher (approximately 6.63%) than impregnated with tanalith-e wood materials. accordingly, the highest values of compression strengths were obtained in impregnated oriental beech and ash woods, whereas the lowest values were obtained in the lombardy poplar wood.