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Official Journal of the Japan Wood Research Society

Table 1 Specifications of the tested commercial panels, MOR and IB for control samples

From: Modified method for evaluating weathering intensity using outdoor exposure tests on wood-based panels

Symbols

Panel types

Adhesives

Thickness (mm)

Density (g/cm3)

Construction

MORa (MPa)

MOEa (GPa)

IBa (MPa)

PB(PF)

Particleboard

PF

12.2

0.76

Three layer

21.6 ± 3.5

3.44 ± 0.46

0.66 ± 0.08

PB(MDI)

MDI

12.1

0.80

29.7 ± 2.4

3.97 ± 0.19

1.97 ± 0.17

MDF(MUF)

MDF

MUF

12.2

0.76

Homogeneous

44.9 ± 3.0

4.07 ± 0.22

0.57 ± 0.07

MDF(MDI)

MDI

9.1

0.72

33.8 ± 1.4

3.10 ± 0.15

1.03 ± 0.11

OSB(aspen)

OSB

PF

12.4

0.64

Three layer cross oriented

37.7 ± 8.9

4.90 ± 0.69

0.38 ± 0.12

OSB(pine)

11.8

0.68

36.0 ± 6.9

4.68 ± 0.62

0.63 ± 0.20

PW(12)

Plywood

12.0

0.64

Five-ply

49.3 ± 13.4

6.55 ± 0.84

1.11 ± 0.38

PW(9)

8.8

0.61

Three-ply

71.8 ± 13.1

8.78 ± 1.16

1.42 ± 0.37

  1. aData are given as mean ± SD