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Official Journal of the Japan Wood Research Society

Table 9 Chemical composition of untreated and thermally modified spruce and oak wood (%)

From: Impact of thermal modification on color and chemical changes of spruce and oak wood

Temperature (°C)

Extractives

Cellulose

Lignin

Holocellulose

Hemicelluloses

Spruce

 20

0.96 ± 0.08

46.70 ± 0.52

26.22 ± 0.02

75.71 ± 0.39

29.01 ± 0.14

 160

1.73 ± 0.12

45.79 ± 0.02

26.96 ± 0.06

74.45 ± 0.62

28.66 ± 0.61

 180

1.85 ± 0.10

48.16 ± 0.15

27.29 ± 0.09

73.54 ± 0.60

25.38 ± 0.75

 210

2.68 ± 0.21

48.68 ± 0.29

28.55 ± 0.04

66.84 ± 0.96

18.16 ± 0.82

Oak

 20

4.31 ± 0.06

47.93 ± 0.08

22.35 ± 0.17

74.92 ± 0.06

26.99 ± 0.02

 160

6.55 ± 0.05

48.41 ± 0.21

22.92 ± 0.06

71.45 ± 0.13

23.05 ± 0.08

 180

7.22 ± 0.10

49.61 ± 0.10

23.78 ± 0.14

69.30 ± 0.09

19.69 ± 0.01

 210

9.87 ± 0.16

51.31 ± 0.12

26.47 ± 0.16

62.41 ± 0.18

11.11 ± 0.06

  1. Data represent mean ± standard deviation