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Official Journal of the Japan Wood Research Society

Table 1 Chemical composition (% dry matter) of wood materials

From: Characterization and photodegradation mechanism of three Algerian wood species

Sample

Zeen oak

Afares oak

Maritime pine

Cellulose

50.5 ± 0.08

54.2 ± 0.07

50.6 ± 0.05

Hemicelluloses

24.5 ± 0.03

23.4 ± 0.05

19.1 ± 0.01

Lignin

22.6 ± 0.02

19.6 ± 0.3

27.1 ± 0.03

Extractives

1.2 ± 0.4

1.7 ± 0.02

2.8 ± 0.4

Ash

0.6 ± 0.1

0.9 ± 0.01

0.3 ± 0.03