| abstract |
THE INVENTION CONCERNS A COMPOSITION SUITABLE TO PROTECT WOOD AND OTHER CELLULOSIC MATERIALS AGAINST ORGANISMS RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR DEGRADATION, IN PARTICULAR FUNGI AND INSECTS. THE COMPOSITION INCLUDES AN AMMONIACAL SOLUTION OF A PROTECTIVE METAL COMPOUND AND AN ORGANIC ACID CHOSEN FROM ALIPHATIC DICARBOXYLIC ACIDS CONTAINING 2 TO 10 CARBON ATOMS PER MOLECULE, CONTAINING MONO-, DI- AND TRICARBOXYLIC ACIDS ALIPHATIC 2 TO 10 CARBON ATOMES PER MOLECULE, CONTAINING 2 ALPHATIC AQUATIC, DI- AND TRICARIPHATIC HYDROXY ACIDS. 6 CARBON ATOMS PER MOLECULE, THEIR MIXTURES AND THEIR SALTS. |