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In the present work, we focus on the effect of wood treatment on the formation of volatile products, conducting experiments on thermally treated (TTW), flame-retardant-treated (FRW), and untreated (REF) spruce wood. The samples were subjected to thermal loading at 150 \u00b0C, 200 \u00b0C, and 250 \u00b0C with the subsequent collection of degradation products. We evaluated the effect of wood treatment on the formation of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) using gas chromatography\u2013mass spectrometry (GC-MS). The number and quantity of VOCs are significantly affected by the type of wood treatment and the thermal loading temperature. At the temperature of 250 \u00b0C, the concentration and number of VOCs increased significantly. The highest number of VOCs was identified in the untreated wood samples (54 compounds, mostly aldehydes, ketones, and phenols), with a lower number being identified in the flame-retardant-treated samples (9 compounds, mainly furfural) and the lowest number being identified in thermally treated wood samples (3 compounds, aliphatic hydrocarbons). Typical volatile products included furfural, furfurylalcohol, and \u03b1-pinene. Qualitative and quantitative analysis of VOCs under thermal loading is important in evaluating the wood burning process and the toxic properties of the consequent gaseous products.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/polym17070875","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,3,26]],"date-time":"2025-03-26T04:17:14Z","timestamp":1742962634000},"page":"875","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":11,"title":["Volatile Organic Compounds Arising from Wood Polymers on Thermal Loading of Spruce Wood"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"17","author":[{"given":"Katar\u00edna","family":"Trojanov\u00e1","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, Faculty of Wood Sciences and Technology, Technical University in Zvolen, 96001 Zvolen, Slovakia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Veronika","family":"Ve\u013ekov\u00e1","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Fire Protection, Faculty of Wood Sciences and Technology, Technical University in Zvolen, 96001 Zvolen, Slovakia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-8989-0833","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Franti\u0161ek","family":"Ka\u010d\u00edk","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, Faculty of Wood Sciences and Technology, Technical University in Zvolen, 96001 Zvolen, Slovakia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,3,25]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"4","DOI":"10.1186\/2193-0414-2-4","article-title":"Flammability Behaviour of Wood and a Review of the Methods for Its Reduction","volume":"2","author":"Lowden","year":"2013","journal-title":"Fire Sci. 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