Official Journal of the Japan Wood Research Society
Table 2 Initial and equilibrium moisture contents (MCs), evaporation-rate constant, and residual sum of squares for each conditioning state
Temperature (°C) | Diameter d (mm) | Initial MC M I (%) | Equilibrium MC M E (%) | Evaporation-rate constant k (×10−2 h−1) | Minimum residual sum of squares J (×102%2) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
20 | 10.0 | 131.7 | 10.0 | 0.30 | 2.3 |
17.6 | 132.4 | 10.0 | 0.56 | 2.0 | |
34.0 | 132.4 | 9.9 | 0.97 | 1.9 | |
35 | 4.1 | 133.0 | 11.7 | 0.27 | 2.0 |
7.0 | 132.4 | 11.3 | 0.53 | 1.9 | |
14.1 | 133.2 | 11.5 | 1.04 | 2.7 | |
50 | 2.5 | 133.3 | 11.6 | 0.4 | 2.1 |
4.5 | 132.4 | 11.6 | 0.8 | 1.3 | |
7.5 | 133.1 | 11.6 | 1.2 | 1.6 | |
Average | 132.7a ± 0.5b | 11.0a ± 0.8b | |||