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Official Journal of the Japan Wood Research Society

Table 3 Properties of particleboard without drying treatment

From: Investigation of a new natural particleboard adhesive composed of tannin and sucrose

Mixture ratio of tannin and sucrose (wt%)

MOR (MPa)

MOE (GPa)

IB (MPa)

TS (%)

100:0

8.0 (1.2)

2.3 (0.2)

0.3 (0.1)

44 (18.1)

25:75

8.6 (0.9)

2.5 (0.2)

0.2 (0.1)

49 (27.9)

50:50

9.8 (0.9)

3.1 (0.3)

0.3 (0.1)

43 (12.7)

75:25

11.9 (1.7)

3.2 (0.4)

0.1 (0.1)

43 (10.0)

0:100

4.4 (0.9)

2.0 (0.3)

0.1 (0.1)

83 (15.7)

  1. Values in parentheses are standard deviations