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Official Journal of the Japan Wood Research Society

Table 2 Vertical density distributions of boards

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

Target density (g/cm3)

Mix ratio (M/W)

Average density (g/cm3)

Peak density (g/cm3)

Core density (g/cm3)

Core/ave density ratio (%)

0.5

100:0

0.52

0.662

0.445

87.5

80:20

0.537

0.664

0.475

88.6

60:40

0.502

0.590

0.437

87.1

40:60

0.506

0.596

0.439

86.8

20:80

0.489

0.574

0.416

85.1

0:100

0.516

0.613

0.454

88.0

0.65

100:0

0.676

0.795

0.610

90.3

80:20

0.646

0.771

0.585

90.5

60:40

0.657

0.768

0.596

90.7

40:60

0.647

0.741

0.568

90.5

20:80

0.663

0.794

0.609

92.0

0:100

0.638

0.787

0.580

90.9

  1. In this study the core density is the minimum density of the central region of the total board thickness