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Wood surfacing is a critical finishing process designed to smoothen the wood surface, enhance its dimensional accuracy, and make handling safer. This process compensates for potential shrinkage during the seasoning phase by marginally increasing the wood dimensions before surfacing. It also helps correct some distortions that may occur as the wood dries.
The equipment used in the surfacing process is a plane equipped with rotating blades. This tool efficiently smoothens the wood surface and can...
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  • Materials Science
  • Chemistry
  • Archaeology

Background:

  • Wooden artifacts are crucial historical records but face degradation challenges.
  • Silicified wood offers insights into long-term wood preservation.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop an efficient in situ silicification strategy for wood.
  • To create artificial silicified wood with enhanced durability and conservation properties.

Main Methods:

  • A superwetting-enabled in situ silicification strategy was employed.
  • Silica sol was used for multi-scale infiltration of wood structures.
  • The process fabricated artificial silicified wood within 100 hours.

Main Results:

  • The artificial silicified wood exhibited high flexural strength (≈216.49 MPa).
  • It demonstrated exceptional resistance to termites (retaining 98.70% mass) and fungi (retaining >90.64% mass).
  • The material met the safest global standards for resistance.

Conclusions:

  • The superwetting strategy enables efficient, multi-scale silica filling in wood.
  • Artificial silicified wood presents a promising alternative for wooden artifact conservation.
  • This approach is applicable to other wood-like materials with complex structures.