Official Journal of the Japan Wood Research Society
Table 5 Ratios of density (ρ), strength (m), M = m/ρ, and a = m/ρ b of THM (t) to those of untreated (0) wood bending strength (b = 0.84) for THM process
Samples | ρ t/ρ 0 | m t/m 0 | M t/M 0 | a t/a 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
CR50 | 1.97 | 1.44 | 0.73 | 0.81 |
CR60 | 2.37 | 1.62 | 0.68 | 0.79 |
CR70 | 2.82 | 1.86 | 0.66 | 0.77 |
CR75 | 3.42 | 1.96 | 0.57 | 0.70 |