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Official Journal of the Japan Wood Research Society

Table 5 Contact angles of poplar wood veneers treated with dye and flame retardant (standard deviations in parentheses)

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

Sample

θ (°)

Water

Formamide

Diiodomethane

Untreated wood

112.49 (4.05)

94.74 (6.15)

36.21 (3.26)

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

109.96 (5.63)

92.42 (1.62)

39.68 (1.71)

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

70.38 (2.93)

59.35 (2.99)

31.21 (1.97)

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

74.05 (0.95)

65.99 (3.23)

25.84 (2.30)

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

65.18 (4.50)

59.88 (4.05)

22.91 (1.81)