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Official Journal of the Japan Wood Research Society

Table 1 Experimental design

From: Effect of wood species, digester conditions, and defibrator disc distance on wettability of fiberboard

Experimental series

MDF code

Tree species

Defibrator disc distance (mm)

Digesting conditions

MDF density (kg/m3)

Digester conditions

A1

Scots pine

0.15

143 °C/1 min/4 bar

678 (17)3

A2

Scots pine

0.15

170 °C/1 min/8 bar

666 (24)

A31

Scots pine

0.15

170 °C/4 min/8 bar

661 (22)

A4

Scots pine

0.15

170 °C/8 min/8 bar

684 (23)

A5

Scots pine

0.15

200 °C/4 min/8 bar

670 (25)

A6

Scots pine

0.15

200 °C/8 min/16 bar

687 (24)

Defibrator disc distance

B1

Scots pine

0.06

170 °C/4 min/8 bar

653 (30)

B21

Scots pine

0.15

170 °C/4 min/8 bar

661 (22)

B3

Scots pine

0.60

170 °C/4 min/8 bar

681 (30)

Tree species

C1

Beech

0.15

170 °C/4 min/8 bar

683 (26)

C22

Scots pine/beech

0.15

170 °C/4 min/8 bar

675 (22)

C3

Birch

0.15

170 °C/4 min/8 bar

665 (23)

C4

Poplar

0.15

170 °C/4 min/8 bar

659 (28)

C51

Scots pine

0.15

170 °C/4 min/8 bar

661 (22)

  1. MDF medium density fiberboard
  2. 1 The samples having MDF codes of A3, B2, and C5 are the same specimens
  3. 2 A mixture of scots pine and beech (50/50 by weight)
  4. 3 The values in the parentheses are standard deviations