Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0560017

Funding Activity

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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP0560017

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Formation of organic pollutants in fires of treated and contaminated wood. This project quantifies the emission of dioxins and biphenyls in burning of treated and contaminated wood to provide data on whether combustion of such materials should be regulated in Australia and whether an educational campaign needs to be mounted to make public aware of this problem. For example, our preliminary results indicate that, timber treated with copper boron azole, a non-arsenic replacement for CCA preservative, produces extremely high levels of dioxins, both in flames and in the ash. If the preliminary results are confirmed, this agent must be disallowed as a wood preservative in Australia, as it poses unacceptable risks to the Australian population and environment.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 15-04-2005

End Date: 30-04-2009

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $600,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Chemical Engineering Not Elsewhere Classified | Physical Chemistry (Incl. Structural) | Mechanisms Of Reactions | Environmental Chemistry (Incl. Atmospheric Chemistry)

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Wood products not elsewhere classified | Wood, wood products and paper | Other |

Other Keywords

Chemical Engineering Not Elsewhere Classified | Environmental Chemistry (Incl. Atmospheric Chemistry) | Mechanisms Of Reactions | Other | Physical Chemistry (Incl. Structural) | Wood products not elsewhere classified | Wood, wood products and paper

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