Igor Wachter

Thermal degradation and fire performance of soybean oil-modified Norway spruce: evaluating the impact of triphenyl phosphate impregnation

While thermal modification using refined soybean oil (RSO) enhances wood’s dimensional stability and hydrophobicity, its fire characteristics remain under-explored. This study addresses this literature gap by investigating a multi-step modification to mitigate the flammability ri...

Fire behaviour of thermo-mechanically densified wood

Abstract This study investigates the effect of thermo-mechanical densification on the fire behaviour of wood using cone calorimetry. Scots pine wood was thermo-mechanically densified from an initial thickness of 20 mm to target thicknesses of 14 and 10 mm and compared with non-de...