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Official Journal of the Japan Wood Research Society

Table 6 Contact angles and K values on different processed wood surface treated with dye and flame retardant

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

Sample

Contact angle

K value

θ i (°)

θ e (°)

Percent decrease (%)

K

SE

R 2

Untreated wood

106.06

24.32

77.07

0.237

0.046

0.996

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

103.57

58.83

43.20

0.111

0.067

0.988

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

93.61

10.34

88.95

0.323

0.025

0.987

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

78.60

8.65

88.99

0.354

0.034

0.991

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

82.41

8.32

89.90

0.370

0.029

0.971