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 6 Summary obtained results from compression tests parallel to fiber

Treatment conditions	MC (%)	C _S (MPa)	E _C (GPa)
Reference
Int A	9.74	50.3 (0.064)	17.64 (0.032)
Int B		65.4 (0.050)	32.00 (0.12)
Overall Avr		59.9 (0.14)	27.21 (0.29)
Specific¹		81.8 (0.073)^a	36.21 (0.22)^a
Water
Int A	9.10	60.3 (0.056)	18.04 (0.13)
Int B		74.3 (0.067)	25.49 (0.14)
Overall Avr		67.3 (0.12)	22.30 (0.22)
Specific¹		95.80 (0.081)^b	32.10 (0.17)^a
5% DOT
Int A	9.61	68.0 (0.059)	17.07 (0.18)
Int B		82.5 (0.042)	29.65 (0.10)
Overall Avr		75.8 (0.11)	23.73 (0.31)
Specific¹		110.7 (0.056)^c	34.59 (0.20)^a
8% DOT
Int A	8.95	73.4 (0.11)	20.35 (0.13)
Int B		78.0 (0.045)	30.57 (0.14)
Overall Avr		75.7 (0.086)	26.19 (0.25)
Specific¹		106.8 (0.056)^c	36.84 (0.18)^a

E_C: Compressive modulus of elasticity; C_S: compressive strength ¹E_c (GPa)/ρ (g cm⁻³) and C_S (MPa)/ρ (g cm⁻³). Specific averages with the same letter (a–d) are statically equivalent. Six replicates were tested for Int A and eight for Int B, with a total of 14 replicates per treatment condition