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A RECENT communication by Belford, Cook and Nevard1 dealt with the subject of metal-cellulose complexes formed during the treatment of Douglas fir wood with various preservative processes comprising solutions of inorganic salts or mixtures of these. The authors claim that these are formed at room temperatures, and that, in the case of the copper complex, the process by which it is formed diners from the one described by Abrams and Bottoms2, who have also claimed the formation of a copper-cellulose complex when cellulose-containing materials, such as cotton, are treated with a solution of copper formate followed by heating.
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BAYLEY, C., ROSE, G. Metal-Organic Complexes formed during the Treatment of Wood with Metal Salts. Nature 185, 313–314 (1960). https://doi.org/10.1038/185313a0
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