What does ACQ stand for?

Alkaline Copper Quaternary

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However, most contractors and architects have switched from CCA lumber to pressure-treated wood incorporating agents known as alkaline copper quaternary or copper boron azole.

Danger on deck? Kids may need protection from wood structures in the ...

with its Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Award for its non-arsenic wood preservative, alkaline copper quaternary (ACQ).

EPA honors CSI/Rockwood Specialties with award. (Industry News)

Meanwhile, the likely substitute for CCA in residential decks and fences will be alkaline copper quaternary (ACQ), although it is expected that building materials that do not require chemical preservatives will also fill some of this void.

US biocides demand to increase 5.3% annually through the year 2006