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Official Journal of the Japan Wood Research Society

Table 1 Characteristics of the specimens

From: Performance evaluation of wood-based panels under a mild accelerated aging treatment

Panel type

Abbreviationa

Adhesive

Thickness (mm)

Densityb (g cm−3)

MORc (MPa)

MOEd (MPa)

Notes

Plywood

PWa

PFe

12.2

0.60

49.3 ± 13.4

6.55 ± 0.84

5 plies

PWb

PF

8.8

0.58

71.8 ± 13.1

8.78 ± 1.16

3 plies

Oriented strand board

OSBa

PF

12.4

0.63

37.7 ± 8.9

4.90 ± 0.69

Aspen

OSBb

PF

11.8

0.65

36.0 ± 6.9

4.68 ± 0.62

Pine

Particleboard

PBa

PF

12.2

0.74

21.6 ± 3.5

3.44 ± 0.46

PBb

MDIf

12.1

0.77

29.7 ± 2.4

3.97 ± 0.19

Medium density fiberboard

MDFa

MUFg

12.2

0.75

44.9 ± 3.0

4.07 ± 0.22

MDFb

MDI

9.1

0.71

33.8 ± 1.4

3.10 ± 0.15

  1. aLower-case letters are standing for distinguishing among two panels in the same panel type
  2. bDensity are given as average values
  3. cModulus of Rupture, given as average ± standard deviation
  4. dModulus of Elasticity, given as average ± standard deviation
  5. ePhenol formaldehyde
  6. fMethylene diphenyl diisocyanate
  7. gMelamine urea formaldehyde