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Official Journal of the Japan Wood Research Society

Table 3 Color differences of poplar wood veneers treated with dye and flame retardant

From: Surface free energy and dynamic wettability of wood simultaneously treated with acidic dye and flame retardant

Color parametera

Dyed wood with BL-flame-retardant concentration of 0%

Dyed wood with BL-flame-retardant concentration of 10%

Dyed wood with BL-flame-retardant concentration of 20%

Dyed wood with BL-flame-retardant concentration of 30%

L *

54.386 ± 0.992

42.036 ± 0.624

39.696 ± 0.522

37.850 ± 0.630

a *

48.461 ± 0.850

49.510 ± 0.645

48.640 ± 0.728

49.505 ± 1.341

b *

38.013 ± 1.078

33.242 ± 0.580

31.133 ± 0.536

31.053 ± 0.772

E *b

13.340 ± 0.996

16.258 ± 1.256

18.016 ± 1.251

  1. aColor parameters calculated with Eqs. (35)
  2. b ∆E *was calculated with Eq. (6)