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Official Journal of the Japan Wood Research Society

Table 3 Thickness swelling coefficient and volumetric swelling coefficient of eight oriented bamboo scrimber board (OBSB) specimens

From: Effects of peeling and steam-heating treatment on mechanical properties and dimensional stability of oriented Phyllostachys makinoi and Phyllostachys pubescens scrimber boards

Board type & process

Code

WA (%)

TS (%)

S (%)

Taiwan

Makino

TPmE

25.7 (2.1)c

13.7 (1.7)

24.0 (0.9)

TPmE-H

15.7 (1.5)d

7.98 (0.6)

12.6 (0.9)

Moso

TMosoE

26.0 (1.0)c

11.9 (0.9)

20.7 (0.9)

TMosoE-H

16.5 (1.3)d

6.99 (2.0)

10.5 (2.7)

TMoso

28.0 (4.1)b

10.2 (1.8)

15.6 (2.7)

TMoso-H

12.2 (1.5)e

4.81 (1.1)

6.6 (1.0)

China

Moso

CMoso

31.0 (4.3)a

16.2 (3.6)

22.7 (4.8)

CMoso-H

15.5 (1.1)de

4.82 (1.1)

6.8 (1.3)

  1. Different letters a, b, c, d and e in a given column indicate significant differences at 0.05 level obtained by Tukey’s test and analysis of variance (ANOVA)
  2. WA water absorption, TS thickness swelling, S volumetric swelling. Abbreviations for code are defined in Table 1