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Official Journal of the Japan Wood Research Society

Table 1 Properties of Miscanthus–wood particle composite boards

From: Manufacture and properties of Miscanthus–wood particle composite boards

Target specific gravity

Mix ratio (M/W)

MC (%)

TS (%)

MOR (N/mm2)

MOE (N/mm2)

IB (N/mm2)

0.5

100:0

2.68 (0.37)

47.98 (7.28)

3.52 (0.47)

1204.00 (117.51)

0.0163 (0.004)

80:20

3.17 (0.53)

40.72 (5.29)

3.90 (0.22)

1199.62 (79.40)

0.0167 (0.003)

60:40

3.00 (0.25)

31.62 (3.13)

4.01 (0.46)

1221.53 (108.69)

0.0218 (0.004)

40:60

3.30 (0.48)

23.38 (2.57)

3.97 (0.43)

1059.77 (107.99)

0.0221 (0.005)

20:80

3.90 (0.22)

17.05 (2.85)

4.39 (1.10)

1129.95 (264.49)

0.0280 (0.004)

0:100

3.65 (0.19)

18.15 (2.68)

4.66 (1.08)

834.58 (327.39)

0.0248 (0.006)

0.65

100:0

4.03 (0.06)

47.93 (0.99)

6.54 (0.30)

1691.53 (139.14)

0.0530 (0.000)

80:20

3.86 (0.02)

44.39 (0.62)

6.51 (0.35)

1939.40 (50.53)

0.0482 (0.010)

60:40

3.93 (0.09)

39.05 (3.80)

7.66 (0.87)

2063.24 (255.57)

0.0573 (0.010)

40:60

3.97 (0.04)

29.64 (0.56)

10.28 (0.65)

2030.49 (115.71)

0.1004 (0.010)

20:80

3.96 (0.02)

21.79 (2.36)

12.24 (0.22)

2284.51 (90.75)

0.1633 (0.010)

0:100

3.90 (0.05)

15.00 (1.56)

14.49 (0.78)

2157.87 (193.89)

0.2060 (0.000)

  1. Numbers in parenthesis are standard deviations