(General) A pesticide that is forced into wood under high pressure to protect it from termites, other wood boring insects, and decay caused by fungus.
A chemical preservative injected into wood to make it resistant to insect infestation or rot. CCA gives the wood a greenish tint. Copper acts as a fungicide, arsenic as an insecticide while chromium is the agent that binds everything to the wood.
A wood preservative that has fungicidal and insecticidal activity.
A water-borne preservative containing active ingredients that are inorganic metal oxides, or less frequently salts, and are commonly used to treat dimentional lumber and telephone poles.
The most commonly used chemical for pressure treating lumber.
Chromated copper arsenate (CCA) is a wood preservative used for timber treatment, in use since 1930's. It is a mix of copper chromate and copper arsenate. It preserves the wood from rotting due to insects and microbes.