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Official Journal of the Japan Wood Research Society

Table 5 Comparison of apparent activation energies (E a) calculated using the modified Arrhenius equation [Eq. (5)] among several wood species [12] and cellulose filter paper [13]

From: Kinetic analysis of color changes in keyaki (Zelkova serrata) and sugi (Cryptomeria japonica) wood during heat treatment

 

E a (kJ/mol)

Keyaki wood

Sugi wood

Hinoki wood [12]

Cellulose filter paper [13]

L*

178

180

117

125

a*

132a

135a

95

124

b*

133a

129a

114

118

\( \Updelta E_{ab}^{*} \)

188

123

113

120

  1. aValues of E a were calculated by applying both a T and b T for a* and b* of keyaki and sugi wood