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Official Journal of the Japan Wood Research Society

Table 2 The density of poplar and radiata pine wood before and after treatment with 10% SAC plus varying concentrations of SS (15 replicates for each treatment)

From: Effects of modification with a combination of styrene-acrylic copolymer dispersion and sodium silicate on the mechanical properties of wood

Treatment

Density (kg m−3)

Poplar

Radiata pine

Before treatment

After treatment

Before treatment

After treatment

10% SAC

528.51 (29.64)

603.34 (20.93)

407.22 (57.37)

466.42 (28.45)

10% SAC + 5% SS

524.62 (19.98)

626.49 (28.27)

410.66 (42.53)

482.63 (32.01)

10% SAC + 10% SS

530.70 (42.72)

632.10 (35.02)

412.82 (36.72)

513.68 (46.15)

10% SAC + 15% SS

527.59 (58.49)

646.69 (29.46)

410.21 (50.61)

521.57 (36.70)

  1. Data in parentheses show the standard deviation