2006 Book of Standards - AWPA

1 2006 american Wood- preservers ' association american WOOD- preservers association 2006 book of Standards TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction Page 1 Introduction ..1 Use Category System Standards Page 5 User Specification for Treated Wood: U1-06 1. Introduction to the Use Category 2. Service Conditions for Use Category Designations ..6 3. Guide to Treated Wood End Uses ..8 4. Standardized 5. Species and Species 6. Commodity Specifications ..19 A. Sawn B. C. Crossties and Switchties ..41 D. Poles ..43 E. Round Timber F. Wood Composites ..51 G. Marine Applications ..57 H. Fire Retardant Treated Products ..64 I. Nonpressure Applications ..66 Processing and Treatment Standard: T1-06 Introduction ..67 1. General Requirements ..68 2. Treatment ..69 3. Results of Treatment ..70 4. 5.

2 Quality Control and Inspection ..73 6. Retreatment ..73 7. Drying After 8. Special Requirements by Sawn Posts ..78 Crossties and Switchties ..81 Poles ..82 Round Timber Piles ..89 Pressure-Treated Composites ..91 Marine Applications ..94 Fire Retardant Treated Products ..97 Millwork Nonpressure Composites ..100 Nonpressure Standards Page 102 N1-04: All Millwork Products Preservative Treatment by Nonpressure Processes ..102 N2-05: Standard for the Preservative Treatment of Composite Wood Products by Nonpressure Preservatives Standards Page 107 P1/P13-06: Standard for Creosote Preservative .. 107 P2-06: Standard for Creosote 108 P3-06: Standard for Creosote-Petroleum Solution .. 109 P4-03: Standard for Petroleum Oil for Blending with Creosote .. 110 P5-06: Standard for Waterborne Preservatives.

3 111 P8-06: Standard for Oil-Borne Preservatives .. 117 P9-06: Standards for Solvents and Formulations for Organic Preservative 119 P17-02: Fire Retardant 121 P18-06: Nonpressure 122 P19-04: Standard for Oligomeric Alkylphenol Polysulfide (PXTS) Preservative .. 124 Analysis Method Standards Page 125 A1-06: Standard Methods for Analysis of Creosote and Oil-Type Preservatives .. 125 A2-06: Standard Methods for Analysis of Waterborne Preservatives and Fire-Retardant 136 A3-05: Standard Methods for Determining Penetration of Preservatives and Fire Retardants .. 148 A4-03: Standard Methods for Sampling Wood 154 A5-05: Standard Methods for Analysis of Oil-Borne 160 A6-01: Method for the Determination of Oil-Type Preservatives and Water in Wood .. 177 A7-04: Standard for Wet Ashing Procedures for Preparing Wood for Chemical 184 A9-01: Standard Method for Analysis of Treated Wood and Treating Solutions by X-Ray 187 A11-93: Standard Method for Analysis of Treated Wood and Treating Solutions by Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy.

4 191 A12-03: Wood Densities for Preservative Retention 195 A13-03: Standard Method of Analysis for Acid Number of Naphthenic Acids in Copper Naphthenate .. 197 2 Table of Contents 2006 A14-03: Standard Method for Determination of Water-Extractable Copper in Copper Naphthenate ..200 A15-03: Referee Methods ..202 A16-93: Standard for HPLC Method for Didecyldimethylammonium Chloride Determination in Treated A17-03: Standard for Determination of Didecyldimethylammonium Chloride in ACQ A18-05: Standard for Determination of Quaternary Ammonium Compounds in Wood by 2-Phase A19-93: Standard Method for Sample Preparation for Determining Penetration of Preservatives in Wood ..207 A20-03: Standard Method for Chlorothalonil A21-00: Standard Method for Analysis of Wood and Wood Treating Solutions by Inductively Coupled Plasma Emission Spectrometry.

5 211 A22-06: Standard Method for the Quantitative Determination of Creosote in awpa P3 Creosote-Petroleum Oil Solutions ..215 A25-01: Standard Method of Analysis of Copper Dimethyldithiocarbamate (CDDC) Treated Wood by A26-00: Standard Method for Analysis of Fire Retardant Solutions and Wood by Titration ..219 A27-99: Standard Method for Analysis of Wood for Chlorpyrifos by Gas Chromatography ..221 A28-05: Standard Method for Determination of Propiconazole and Tebuconazole in Wood, in Waterborne Formulations and in Treating Solutions by A29-00: Standard for the Determination of Oxine-Copper (Copper-8-Hydroxyquinoline) in Treating Solutions and Treated Wood by Potentiometric Bromination A30-00: Standard Method for the Determination of 4,5 Dichloro-2-N-Octyl-4-Isothiazolin-3-One (RH-287) in Wood by High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC).

6 228 A31-06: Standard Methods for the Analysis of Solutions and Wood for Azoles by Gas Chromatography (GC)..230 A32-02: Standard Method for Measuring Losses of Inorganic Preservatives from Treated Wood ..234 A33-03: Standard Method for the Analysis of N-Cyclohexyldiazeniumdioxyde (HDO) in Concentrates and Treating Solutions by A34-03: Standard Method for the Analysis of N-Cyclohexyldiazeniumdioxyde (HDO) in Wood Treated with HDO Containing 237 A35-04: The Determination of the Propensity of a Ready To Use Oil-Borne/Oil Type Wood Preservative Treating Solution to Form Stable A36-04: Standard for Determination of Quaternary Ammonium Compounds in Wood by Potentiometric Back-Titration Using Sodium Lauryl Sulfate and Hyamine 1622 ..241 A37-05: Standard for Determination of Quaternary Ammonium Compounds in Wood and Wood Treating Solutions by Potentiometric Titration Using Sodium 245 A38-04: Standard Method for Determination of PXTS in Treated Wood by HPLC with UV 250 A39-05: Standard Method for Determination of PXTS in Wood Treatment Solutions by HPLC with UV 254 Miscellaneous Standards Page 257 M1-01: Standard for the Purchase of Treated Wood 257 M2-01: Standard for Inspection of Wood Products Treated with Preservatives.

7 261 M3-05: Standard Quality Control Procedures for Wood Preserving Plants .. 272 M4-06: Standard for the Care of Preservative-Treated Wood 279 M6-96: Brands Used on Forest 281 M13-06: A Guideline for the Physical Inspection of Poles in 282 M18-05: Standard Quality Control Procedures for Permanent Wood Foundation 284 M19-03: Standard for Destination Inspections .. 285 M20-01: Guidelines for Minimizing Oil-Type Wood Preservative Migration .. 286 Evaluation Standards Page 288 E1-06: Standard Method for Laboratory Evaluation to Determine Resistance to Subterranean 288 E4-03: Standard Method of Testing Water Repellency of Pressure Treated Wood .. 292 3 Table of Contents 2006 E5-00: Standard Test Method for Accelerated Evaluation of Wood Preservatives for Marine Services by Means of Small Size Specimens.

8 293 E6-05: Standard Method for Determining the Equilibrium Moisture Content of Treated E7-01: Standard Method of Evaluating Wood Preservatives by Field Tests with E8-96: Standard Method for Field Tests with Posts ..307 E9-06: Standard Field Test for the Evaluation of Wood Preservatives to be used in Non-Soil E10-06: Standard Method of Testing Wood Preservatives by Laboratory Soil-Block Cultures ..313 E11-06: Standard Method of Determining the Leachability of Wood E12-94: Standard Method of Determining Corrosion of Metal in Contact with Treated Wood ..325 E13-01: Standard Method of Testing to Determine the Water Repellency of Pressure Treated Lumber or Pressure Applied Water Repellents ..326 E14-02: Standard Method of Evaluating Wood Preservatives in a Soil Bed ..327 E15-03: Accelerated Laboratory Procedure for Evaluating the Efficacy of Diffusible or Volatile Internal Remedial E16-98: Standard Field Test for Evaluation of Wood Preservatives to be Used Out of Ground Contact: Horizontal Lap-Joint E17-99: Standard Method for Determining Corrosion Rate of Metals in Contact with Treating Solution.

9 339 E18-06: Standard Field Test for Evaluation of Wood Preservatives Intended for Use Category 3B Applications Exposed, Out of Ground Contact, Uncoated Ground Proximity Decay Method ..341 E19-04: Standard Method for Determining Preservative Fixation of Inorganic Waterborne Wood E20-06: Standard Method for Determining the Leachability of Wood Preservatives in Soil Contact ..348 E21-06: Standard Test Method for the Evaluation of Preservative Treatments for Lumber and Timbers Against Subterranean Termites in Above-Ground, Protected Applications (UC1 and UC2)..351 Conversion Factors and Correction Tables Page 356 F1-95: Volume and Specific Gravity Conversion Tables for Creosote and Creosote Solution (Up to 59% Tar) ..356 F2-03: Standard Abridged Volume and Specific Gravity Correction Tables for Petroleum Oils and Pentachlorophenol and Copper Naphthenate Solutions.

10 358 F3-03: Standard Volumes of Round Forest Products .. 362 F4-01: Standard Volume Correction Table for Creosote-Petroleum 376 F5-51: Volume Correction Factors for Preservative Salt 377 F6-03: Miscellaneous Conversion Factors and Correction 378 F7-05: Approximate Pole Weight 380 Technical Committee Regulations Page 386 Technical Committee 386 399 A. Guidelines for Evaluating New Wood Preservatives for Consideration by awpa .. 399 B. Guidelines for Evaluating New Fire Retardants for Consideration by awpa .. 406 C. Protocol for Standardization of New Millwork Preservative Systems .. 409 D. Protocol for Standardization of New Wood Preservative 411 E. Recommended Method for Determining the Treatability of a Species for Inclusion in awpa Commodity Standards for Sawn Material .. 413 F.