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Official Journal of the Japan Wood Research Society

Table 3 Roughness value (RMS) of the sample surfaces (mean ± S.D)

From: Resistance of wood coated with oriental lacquer (urushi) against damage caused by subterranean termite

Sample

Tangential section (µm)

Radial section (µm)

Transverse section (µm)

KU

11.3 ± 5.2

12.4 ± 1.3

21.1 ± 1.9

SU

6.9 ± 2.8

8.8 ± 0.9

21.0 ± 6.9

KSU

9.3 ± 4.5

8.9 ± 1.0

28.9 ± 12.3

BU

8.6 ± 1.1

6.7 ± 1.6

25.1 ± 3.8

Control

9.4 ± 3.9

11.8 ± 2.0

23.0 ± 0.8