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John Dale Bultman

Leonard Jurd

Ruth D Turner

Substances, particularly wood, which are normally subject to deterioration due to marine borers are preserved by applying to the substance a dibutylbenzylphenol.

Process for inhibiting the deterioration of wood due to marine boring

Substances, particularly wood, which are normally subject to deterioration due to marine borers are preserved by applying to the substance certain 4-(3-phenylpropenylidene)-2,5-cyclohexadieneones substituted at position 5 with substituents selected from the group consisting of lower alkyl, lower alkoxy, and hydrogen, and at position 2 with substituents selected from the group consisting of hydroxyl and lower alkoxyl.

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