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Official Journal of the Japan Wood Research Society

Table 2 Compressive strength of cylindrical samples compared with the maximum load applied on the base of an interior wall made of the corresponding experimental material

From: Microstructure and compressive strength of gypsum-bonded composites with papers, paperboards and Tetra Pak recycled materials

No.

Cylindrical samples

Interior wall 300 × 100 × 10 cm3 (height, length, width) = 300,000 cm3 volume

Material

Mean density, (g/cm3)

Compressive strength, (N/mm2)

Weight of wall, (kg)

Load applied by the wall itself on the base of wall, (N/mm2)

1

Gypsum–office paper

1.30

5.84

390

0.038

2

Gypsum–newspaper

1.26

4.78

378

0.037

3

Gypsum–magazine paper

1.28

4.48

384

0.038

4

Gypsum–corrugated board paper

1.30

5.93

390

0.038

5

Gypsum–corrugated paperboard

1.30

6.35

390

0.038

6

Gypsum–Tetra Pak I

1.29

6.46

387

0.038

7

Gypsum–Tetra Pak II

1.34

6.18

402

0.039