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Copper–Cellulose Complexes

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OUR attention has been directed to the fact that our recent paper1 on the subject of timber preservation by copper compounds is being quoted in the literature2 in support of the copper–cellulose hypothesis of Abrams and Bottoms3.

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BELFORD, D., COOK, C., NEVARD, E. et al. Copper–Cellulose Complexes. Nature 183, 988 (1959). https://doi.org/10.1038/183988a0

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