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Official Journal of the Japan Wood Research Society

Table 1 Extraction rate, moisture content (MC) and dimensional changes due to free compression (mean ± SD)

From: Flow deformation characteristics of African blackwood, Dalbergia melanoxylon

Specimens

Extraction rate %*

Moisture content %*

Dimensional change %

Cross-sectional area*

L-direction*

T-direction*

AD

 

8.24 ± 0.61a

117.39 ± 7.90c

− 0.52 ± 1.21a

97.45 ± 10.00c

WT

1.89 ± 0.44a

8.88 ± 1.22a

83.02 ± 3.38b

3.54 ± 4.54a

66.06 ± 24.24b

EB

16.12 ± 1.23b

8.69 ± 0.11a

1.01 ± 1.20a

− 0.51 ± 1.46a

1.13 ± 0.63a

OD

  

1.15 ± 0.86a

0.61 ± 0.55a

2.29 ± 0.85a

  1. *Means with the same letter (a, b, c) are not significantly different (Tukey–Kramer test, p < 0.01) (n = 5)