TY - CONF A1 - Stephan, Ina A1 - Grinda, Manfred A1 - Rudolph, Dieter T1 - Comparison of different methods for assessing the performance of preservatives in the BAM fungus cellar test N2 - The fungus cellar test is a common means to get reliable data on the long term performance of treated wood in soil contact. A constantly high humidity and a suitable of water holding capacity for a range of micro-organisms provide high decay rates in untreated wood and produce intensive microbial pressures on wood treated with biocides. Presently a range of biocides are under test in the BAM fungus cellar and the results will be presented for the following types of biocides: Tebuconazole in combination with copper and boron (5 years fungus cellar), quats with copper and boron (5 years fungus cellar) and Cu-organic compound combined with copper and boron (3 years fungus cellar). Figures will be shown on the development of the Modulus of Elasticity (MOE) over the years and on an assessment of the stakes according to EN 252. T2 - 29th Annual Meeting of the International Research Group on Wood Preservation CY - Maastricht, Netherlands DA - 1998-06-14 KW - Fungus cellar KW - Soil contact KW - Triazoles KW - Cu-HDO KW - Quats KW - MOE PY - 1998 UR - http://www.irg-wp.com/irgdocs/details.aspx?id=08ae393d-c7db-419b-a0b5-dfeb2970d7ba SP - Paper IRG/WP 98-20149, 1-17 PB - International Research Group on Wood Preservation CY - Stockholm AN - OPUS4-4454 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Noll, Matthias A1 - Stephan, Ina T1 - Seasonal shifts of fungal community structure at the interface of treated or untreated wood and soil T2 - 41st Annual meeting of the international research group on wood protection CY - Biarritz, France DA - 2010-05-09 KW - Fungal community KW - Chromated-copper-arsenate wood preservative (CCA) KW - Soil contact KW - Field test PY - 2010 IS - IRG/WP 10-10721 SP - 1 EP - 10 CY - Stockholm, Sweden AN - OPUS4-21329 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Bandow, N. A1 - Aitken, M. D. A1 - Geburtig, Anja A1 - Kalbe, Ute A1 - Piechotta, Christian A1 - Schoknecht, Ute A1 - Simon, Franz-Georg A1 - Stephan, Ina T1 - Using Environmental Simulations to Test the Release of Hazardous Substances from Polymer-Based Products: Are Realism and Pragmatism Mutually Exclusive Objectives? N2 - The potential release of hazardous substances from polymer-based products is currently in the focus of environmental policy. Environmental simulations are applied to expose such products to selected aging conditions and to investigate release processes. Commonly applied aging exposure types such as solar and UV radiation in combination with water contact, corrosive gases, and soil contact as well as expected general effects on polymers and additional ingredients of polymer-based products are described. The release of substances is based on mass-transfer processes to the material surfaces. Experimental approaches to investigate transport processes that are caused by water contact are presented. For tailoring the tests, relevant aging exposure types and release quantification methods must be combined appropriately. Several studies on the release of hazardous substances such as metals, polyaromatic hydrocarbons, flame retardants, antioxidants, and carbon nanotubes from polymers are summarized exemplarily. Differences between natural and artificial exposure tests are discussed and demonstrated for the release of flame retardants from several polymers and for biocides from paints. Requirements and limitations to apply results from short-term artificial environmental exposure tests to predict long-term environmental behavior of polymers are presented. KW - Environmental simulations KW - Polymer-based products KW - Artificial weathering KW - Degradation KW - Leaching KW - Soil contact PY - 2020 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-509310 SN - 1996-1944 VL - 13 IS - 12 SP - Paper 2709, 22 PB - MDPI CY - Basel, Switzerland AN - OPUS4-50931 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -