RADIATION INITIATED COPOLYMERIZATION OF ALLYL-2,3-EPOXY-PROPYL ETHER WITH ACRYLONITRILE AND METHYL-METHACRYLATE AND THEIR POTENTIAL USE IN THE PRESERVATION OF WOODEN OBJECTS

Despite its various useful properties, wood also possesses some disadv antages. The wooden materials are weak against environmental attacks a nd mechanical shocks and don't possess dimensional as well as biologic al stabilities. The conservation of wooden objects against various det eriorating agents can best be achieved by proper selection of consolid ant material. The crucial point is therefore the selection of a monome r or monomer mixture which can protect and consolidate the wood when p olymerized in or whose polymer applied to it.