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Official Journal of the Japan Wood Research Society

Table 5 Wood color before and after smoke treatment (ΔE)

From: Color change and termite resistance of fast-growing tropical woods treated with kesambi (Schleichera oleosa) smoke

Wood

Treatment

L*

a*

b*

ΔE

Jabon

Control

75.9 (4.3)

3.7 (1.0)

25.5 (1.6)

 

Smoked-1W

42.6 (1.0)

8.0 (0.3)

21.3 (0.6)

33.9 (3.7)

Smoked-2W

32.0 (1.7)

6.8 (0.6)

13.8 (1.0)

45.6 (3.3)

Smoked-3W

30.3 (4.4)

6.8 (0.6)

14.8 (1.0)

47.0 (5.7)

Average

45.2 (1.8)

6.3 (0.3)

18.9 (0.4)

36.3 (7.3)

Sengon

Control

77.5 (2.9)

3.6 (0.3)

14.1 (1.9)

 

Smoked-1W

46.6 (1.6)

6.1 (0.2)

20.7 (1.6)

31.8 (2.7)

Smoked-2W

31.8 (3.6)

5.4 (0.9)

11.2 (4.0)

45.9 (6.5)

Smoked-3W

26.5 (2.4)

6.4 (0.7)

9.7 (1.1)

51.3 (3.4)

Average

45.6 (0.8)

5.4 (0.3)

14.0 (1.3)

35.8 (2.2)

Mangium

Control

58.7 (3.1)

6.8 (0.4

22.0 (0.7)

 

Smoked-1W

39.4 (1.3)

7.5 (1.0)

18.8 (0.9)

19.6 (3.8)

Smoked-2W

31.0 (2.7)

5.6 (0.8)

11.5 (1.3)

29.7 (4.6)

Smoked-3W

27.3 (3.7)

5.8 (0.7)

11.9 (1.3)

33.0 (4.8)

Average

39.1 (1.0)

6.4 (0.3)

16.1 (0.3)

24.6 (2.1)

Pine

Control

75.6 (1.1)

7.5 (1.7)

26.2 (2.8)

 

Smoked-1W

38.8 (2.1)

8.6 (0.4)

19.7 (0.6)

37.5 (3.0)

Smoked-2W

30.6 (1.3)

6.3 (0.2)

11.1 (1.3)

47.6 (2.0)

Smoked-3W

27.6 (4.1)

6.5 (0.5)

14.2 (1.4)

49.5 (3.4)

Average

43.1 (1.4)

7.2 (0.7)

17.8 (0.9)

38.1 (1.1)

All species

Control

71.9 (8.4)

5.4 (2.0)

22.0 (5.2)

 

Smoked-1W

41.8 (3.5)

7.6 (1.1)

20.1 (1.3)

30.7 (7.5)

Smoked-2W

31.3 (2.4)

6.0 (0.8)

11.9 (2.3)

42.2 (8.5)

Smoked-3W

27.9 (3.7)

6.4 (0.7)

12.7 (2.3)

45.2 (8.5)

  1. 1W = 1 week; 2W = 2 weeks; 3W = 3 weeks
  2. Values in parentheses are standard deviations