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

Journal of Wood Science

Official Journal of the Japan Wood Research Society

Table 5 Summary of obtained results from three-point bending test

Treatment conditions	MC (%)	MOR (MPa)	MOE (GPa)
Reference
Int A	10.92	125.8 (0.072)	16.16 (0.010)
Int B		174.5 (0.097)	16.20 (0.065)
Overall Avr		156.2 (0.18)	16.18 (0.050)
Specific¹		209.4 (0.12)^a	21.97 (0.10)^a
Water
Int A	10.00	132.1 (0.10)	16.80 (0.073)
Int B		161.4 (0.097)	15.13 (0.097)
Overall Avr		150.4 (0.14)	15.76 (0.098)
Specific¹		209.9 (0.068)^a	23.24 (0.14)^a
5% DOT
Int A	10.70	134.8 (0.087)	15.69 (0.055)
Int B		176.4 (0.071)	17.12 (0.089)
Overall Avr		158.6 (0.15)	16.65 (0.086)
Specific¹		227.3 (0.091)^a	23.70 (0.089)^a
8% DOT
Int A	10.77	163.1 (0.22)	16.47 (0.074)
Int B		169.7 (0.053)	15.57 (0.058)
Overall Avr		167.2 (0.13)	15.91 (0.066)
Specific¹		230.6 (0.10)^a	22.03 (0.087)^a

¹MOE (GPa)/ρ (g cm⁻³) and MOR (MPa)/ρ (g cm⁻³). Specific averages with the same letter (a–d) are statically equivalent. Three replicates were tested for Int A and five for Int B, with a total of eight replicates per treatment condition