Quiz Borates and the Facts About Wood Montana

Borates are…

Borates have a _______year residual in wood protected from constant moisture.

 Ants consume the wood or foam insulation as they hollow it out.  True or False

Borates work by filling the dry cellular structure of the wood that is treated with an ingredient known as disodium octaborate tetrehydrate.  True or False

Disodium octaborate tetrahydrate is the active ingredient in boron.  True or False

Boron has an LD50 greater the 2,000mg/kg.  True or False

Boron is an __________ compound.

Borates act as a slow acting stomach poison to insects and a contact poison to wood destroying fungi.  True or False

The active ingredient in borates has a mammalian oral LD50 of 2,550 mg/kg in rats.  True or False

Virtually all problems with wood-based building materials are moisture problems.  True or False

Borates have been used in pest control for over ____.

Insects eliminate borates from the body the same way as humans.  True or False

Wood fiber saturation is around ____.

Kiln dried lumber is ______ or below.

Hardwood lumber comes from trees with ____.

When the moisture content of wood drops below______% any decay fungus is dormant.

Carpenter ants will eat foam insulation.  True or False

Ants are attracted to ____.

Borates have long been known to be slow-acting stomach poisons to insects and a contact poison to wood destroying fungi.  True or False

Boron mixed at one pound per gallon of water will give a _____% of finished product.