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Official Journal of the Japan Wood Research Society

Table 3 Mean percent mass loss of sodium fluoride (NaF) incorporated particleboards exposed to Trametes versicolor and Fomitopsis palustris for 12 weeks (mean of 9 specimens—values in parentheses are standard deviations)

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

NaF (%)

T. versicolor

F. palustris

Unleached

Leached

Unleached

Leached

0.00

14.6 (2.81) b

15.3 (7.02) c

20.8 (3.36) b

17.3 (4.44) a

1.00

2.8 (0.21) a

11.2 (3.89) b

1.8 (0.20) a

17.6 (10.40) a

1.50

3.0 (0.18) a

12.0 (2.73) bc

2.3 (0.15) a

16.4 (8.78) a

3.00

3.9 (0.15) a

5.1 (3.43) a

3.0 (0.23) a

5.7 (11.60) b

Sugia

31.8 (3.70)

–

41.4 (3.54)

–

p values

0.000

0.000

0.000

0.065

  1. Means within each column followed by different letters are significantly different (p ≤ 0.05)
  2. a Sugi sapwood was used as untreated reference material and excluded from statistical analysis