Official Journal of the Japan Wood Research Society
Table 3 MC and residual stress index of MW-pretreated and control samples after drying
From: Effects of microwave pretreatment on drying of 50 mm-thickness Chinese fir lumber
Sample | Final MC (%) | Drying uniformity (%) | MC deviation in the thickness (%) | Residual stress index (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Pretreated quarter-sawn Control quarter-sawn | 8.55 9.23 | ± 0.54 ± 0.87 | 1.34 ± 0.46 2.58 ± 1.17 | 1.29 ± 0.44 2.26 ± 0.85 |
Sig. | — | * | * | |
Pretreated flat-sawn Control flat-sawn | 8.02 9.01 | ± 0.43 ± 0.62 | 1.03 ± 0.27 1.51 ± 0.38 | 1.28 ± 0.82 2.49 ± 0.88 |
Sig. | * | * | * |