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Official Journal of the Japan Wood Research Society

Table 2 Surface roughness parameters of the panels before and after the aging treatment

From: Effect of accelerated aging treatment on a surface property and dynamic mechanical properties of commercial wood-based panels

Panel type

R ea (µm)

R fz (µm)

R gzJIS (µm)

Increasing rate (%)

Before aging

After aging

Before aging

After aging

Before aging

After aging

R a

R z

R zJIS

PB(PF)a

2.4 ± 0.4

4.2 ± 0.8

39.8 ± 14.5

54.0 ± 20.5

28.9 ± 6.8

41.6 ± 9.0

74

36

44

PB(MDI)b

3.0 ± 0.7

4.8 ± 0.6

59.1 ± 11.4

68.9 ± 8.8

40.9 ± 8.2

51.9 ± 7.1

62

17

27

MDF(MUF)c

2.2 ± 0.3

3.9 ± 0.6

34.7 ± 12.7

48.4 ± 9.8

26.0 ± 3.9

36.5 ± 5.2

76

40

40

MDF(MDI)d

2.3 ± 0.5

2.8 ± 0.4

32.2 ± 6.3

35.1 ± 5.9

26.0 ± 4.6

28.4 ± 4.4

22

9

9

  1. Values given as mean ± standard deviation
  2. aParticleboard bound with phenol formaldehyde
  3. bParticleboard bound methylene diphenyl diisocyanate
  4. cMedium density fiberboard bound with melamine urea formaldehyde
  5. dMedium density fiberboard bound with methylene diphenyl diisocyanate
  6. eAverage roughness
  7. fMaximum height roughness
  8. gTen points mean roughness