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Official Journal of the Japan Wood Research Society

Table 2 Statistical comparison of color change values for Scots pine specimens subjected to heat treatment and heat-treated samples after bleaching treatment

From: Determination of color-changing effects of bleaching chemicals on some heat-treated woods

Temp (°C)

Duration (h)

Samples after heat treatment

Solution

Samples bleached after heat treatment

Mean Δa*

Mean Δb*

Mean ΔL*

Mean ΔE*

Mean Δa*

Mean Δb*

Mean ΔL*

Mean ΔE*

140

3

4.81 (0.38)ı

7.54 (0.76)mn

-9.22 (2.62)j

14.51 (0.93)fg

S1

0.61 (0.15)de

6.01 (0.75)hı

-13.84 (0.54)ef

15.12 (0.47)g

S2

− 0.49 (0.52)b

0.70 (1.38)ab

− 9.41 (1.08)j

9.56 (1.04)b

S3

7.70 (0.30)n

3.07 (0.47)f

− 14.93 (0.63)d

17.08 (0.71)ı

5

3.68 (0.48)g

7.19 (1.30)jm

− 9.22 (2.62)j

12.46 (1.82)d

S1

0.04 (0.38)c

5.10 (0.98)gh

− 12.45 (1.22)g

13.49 (1.32)e

S2

− 0.99 (0.37)a

0.99 (1.61)b

− 7.77 (0.96)k

8.03 (1.12)a**

S3

7.18 (0.49)km

2.91 (1.00)ef

− 14.00 (0.56)e

16.03 (0.70)h

7

4.42 (0.22)h

7.37 (0.56)jmn

− 10.11 (0.50)ıj

13.29 (0.45)de

S1

0.94 (0.35)e

5.80 (1.07)hı

− 16.10 (0.64)bc

17.17 (0.67)ı

S2

− 0.77 (0.35)ab

1.57 (1.42)bcd

− 9.25 (0.93)j

9.51 (0.93)b

S3

7.76 (0.31)n

3.36 (0.60)f

− 15.02 (0.57)d

17.23 (0.57)ı

160

3

4.34 (0.37)h

5.07 (0.89)gh

− 11.59 (0.67)h

13.39 (0.96)e

S1

0.43 (0.29)d

4.55 (1.01)g

− 13.05 (1.06)fg

13.85 (1.25)ef

S2

− 1.13 (0.28)a

1.37 (1.16)bc

− 7.91 (0.55)k

8.18 (0.60)a

S3

7.05 (0.40)km

2.43 (0.70)def

− 15.42 (0.95)cd

17.14 (1.06)ı

5

6.08 (0.32)j

6.46 (0.67)ıj

− 16.74 (0.74)b

18.96 (0.91)j

S1

0.67 (0.20)de

4.50 (0.62)g

− 16.15 (0.80)bc

16.79 (0.82)hı

S2

− 0.12 (0.35)c

− 0.05 (0.53)a

− 10.90 (0.99)hı

10.92 (0.99)c

S3

7.18 (0.88)km

1.58 (1.46)bcd

− 16.83 (1.13)b

18.42 (1.36)j

7

7.01 (0.35)k

8.20 (0.67)n

− 20.31 (1.04)a

23.01 (1.06)m

S1

1.77 (0.38)f

5.72 (1.15)hı

− 20.72 (1.01)a

21.59 (1.17)k

S2

− 1.00 (0.36)a

1.52 (1.63)bcd

− 7.97 (0.75)k

8.32 (0.83)a

S3

7.40 (0.27)mn

2.04 (0.56)cde

− 20.28 (0.60)a

21.70 (0.61)k

  1. Italic numbers indicate the highest and the lowest values of total color change (ΔE*)
  2. **The values in parentheses are the standard deviations; different letters in the parameter of colour change column indicate statistical differences at the 95% confidence level