Determination of Decay, Larvae Resistance, Water Uptake, Color, and Hardness Properties of Wood Impregnated with Honeybee Wax

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dc.contributor.authorAkçay, Çaglar
dc.date.accessioned2021-12-01T18:47:12Z
dc.date.available2021-12-01T18:47:12Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.department[Belirlenecek]en_US
dc.description.abstractThe aim of the study was to determine the effect of honeybee wax impregnation on the antifungal, larvicidal, water uptake, color, and mechanical properties of wood. Wood samples (poplar, Scots pine, beech, and lime) were impregnated with melted honeybee wax under vacuum. The wax-impregnated samples were exposed to the wood-decay fungi Trametes versicolor and Neolentinus lepideus for 8 weeks. The larvicidal effect of the beeswax was tested against European old house borer (Hylotrupes bajulus L.). Water uptake, color measurements, and surface hardness were also tested. According to the obtained findings, a 34.6% mass loss was seen in the poplar control wood, and only 3.9% mass loss was found in the 100% beeswax-impregnated samples. The results showed that H. bajulus larvae could digest honeybee wax with wood when beeswax surface treatment was applied. Additionally, an average of 30% larvae mortality rate was achieved on beeswax-treated wood surfaces, compared to a 2.5% rate on the controls. However, when wood was deeply treated with beeswax, larval mortality reached 100%. In the water uptake test, beeswax-treated samples showed water repellent efficiency. The lowest water uptake (24.2%) was obtained in poplar wood treated with 100% beeswax, compared to 92.6% in the poplar control in 96 h immersion time. With the beeswax treatment, a* and b* color values increased, while the L* values decreased.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipDuzce University Scientific Research Projects in TurkeyDuzce University [2020 02.03 1098]en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipThis work was supported by the Duzce University Scientific Research Projects in Turkey by Grant No. 2020 02.03 1098. The author would like to thank Associate Professor Umit Ayata of Bayburt University, Turkey, for determining the color and hardness properties of beeswax-impregnated woods, as well as for the measurements of color and Shore D hardness.en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.15376/biores.15.4.8339-8354
dc.identifier.endpage8354en_US
dc.identifier.issn1930-2126
dc.identifier.issue4en_US
dc.identifier.startpage8339en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.15376/biores.15.4.8339-8354
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12684/10183
dc.identifier.volume15en_US
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000583802900073en_US
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ2en_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Scienceen_US
dc.institutionauthorAkcay, Caglar
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherNorth Carolina State Univ Dept Wood & Paper Scien_US
dc.relation.ispartofBioresourcesen_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessen_US
dc.subjectHoneybee waxen_US
dc.subjectImpregnationen_US
dc.subjectDecayen_US
dc.subjectHylotrupes bajulusen_US
dc.subjectWater uptakeen_US
dc.subjectColor propertiesen_US
dc.subjectHardnessen_US
dc.subjectDimensional Stabilityen_US
dc.subjectMechanical-Propertiesen_US
dc.subjectTermite Resistanceen_US
dc.subjectSurface-Propertiesen_US
dc.subjectBeeswaxen_US
dc.titleDetermination of Decay, Larvae Resistance, Water Uptake, Color, and Hardness Properties of Wood Impregnated with Honeybee Waxen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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