Evaluation parameters related to the use of pepper extracts as natural preservatives in woods: wettability, color and mass loss

• Grant number: 15/16880-5
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: June 01, 2016
• End date: May 31, 2017
• Field of knowledge: Engineering - Materials and Metallurgical Engineering - Nonmetallic Materials
• Principal Investigator: Debora Goncalves
• Grantee: Paula Alejandra Lara Romero
• Host Institution: Instituto de Física de São Carlos (IFSC). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Carlos , SP, Brazil

Abstract

The role of a natural preservative (pepper extract) on the properties of different wood species will be investigated. The woods after being modified with the preservative will be analyzed in their wettability characteristics, color changes and mass loss over time. From the results obtained, it will be assessed the best preparation methods for peppers extraction and how the characteristics of the woods may change with the presence of a surface preservative based on pepper extracts.

Scientific publications

(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

DÉBORA GONÇALVES; FRANCISCO ANTONIO ROCCO LAHR. Deterioration and preservation of wood by using natural preservatives of potential interest in Brazil. BOSQUE, v. 41, n. 3, p. 213-220, 2020-12-00. (15/16880-5, 18/22413-9)