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Official Journal of the Japan Wood Research Society

Table 2 Absorption of solution after the treatment process in the vacuum/pressure vessel

From: Effect of disodium octaborate tetrahydrate on the mechanical properties of Dendrocalamus asper bamboo treated by vacuum/pressure method

Absorption after impregnation, weight increase (%)

Treatment

Int A

Int B

Overall

Water

67.6 (0.20)

57.9 (0.17)

61.6 (0.19)

5% DOT

73.1 (0.031)

61.3 (0.059)

65.7 (0.10)

8% DOT

65.7 (0.11)

55.4 (0.052)

58.8 (0.11)