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Official Journal of the Japan Wood Research Society

Table 1 Physical and mechanical properties of sodium fluoride (NaF) incorporated particleboards (mean of 6 specimens—values in parentheses are standard deviations)

From: Potential utilization of sodium fluoride (NaF) as a biocide in particleboard production

NaF (%)

Oven-dried density (g/cm3)

MCa (%)

MORb (MPa)

MOEc (MPa)

0.00

0.62

6.15 (0.31) a

22.55 (6.34) a

2499 (522) a

1.00

0.71

6.05 (0.19) a

20.50 (3.64) a

2318 (301) a

1.50

0.65

6.30 (0.13) a

21.40 (3.85) a

2419 (355) a

3.00

0.67

6.12 (0.16) a

23.05 (2.58) a

2551 (253) a

p values

 

0.248

0.738

0.721

  1. Mean within each column followed by different letters are significantly different (p ≤ 0.05)
  2. a MC (moisture content) at the time of mechanical testing
  3. b Modulus of rupture
  4. c Modulus of elasticity