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Official Journal of the Japan Wood Research Society

Table 2 Performance of the control boards

From: Performance of particleboard manufactured using air-injection press I: effects of air-injection press on preventing blowout of board manufactured from low-moisture particles

Pressing temperature (°C)

MOR (MPa)

IB (MPa)

TS (%)

170

20.3 (2.21)a

0.70 (0.25)b

22.9 (1.30)c

190

19.8 (1.56)a

0.77 (0.06)b

27.3 (3.33)c

  1. The numbers in parentheses indicate standard deviations
  2. MOR modulus of rupture, IB internal bond strength, TS thickness swelling
  3. aNot statistically significant
  4. bNot statistically significant
  5. cStatistically significant at 0.1 % level