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Journal of Wood Science

Official Journal of the Japan Wood Research Society

Table 5 The dry shrinkage and weight loss of untreated and oil heat-treated bamboo samples

From: The effect of oil heat treatment on biological, mechanical and physical properties of bamboo

T/°C

t/h

Oven-dried shrinkage/%

Air-dried shrinkage /%

Weight loss/%

Radial

Tangential

Volume

Radial

Tangential

Volume

 

Untreated

 

4.22

5.42

9.68

3.74

5.30

9.68

–

140

2

4.16

5.39

9.36

3.44

5.17

9.36

2.56

4

4.17

5.45

11.04

3.34

4.32

7.38

3.76

6

4.16

5.27

8.55

3.14

3.89

7.26

3.81

160

2

3.75

5.42

9.47

3.42

4.22

8.34

3.73

4

4.03

5.31

9.27

3.23

4.11

6.94

3.92

6

4.01

5.02

8.96

3.02

3.54

6.57

3.89

180

2

3.39

4.66

8.36

3.32

3.34

6.71

8.60

4

3.15

4.35

7.43

2.64

3.47

6.55

8.35

6

3.09

2.22

5.43

2.16

1.97

4.48

8.50

200

2

1.66

1.86

2.75

1.76

2.21

3.52

14.91

4

1.60

1.49

4.21

1.61

2.57

5.04

18.14

6

0.74

1.44

2.37

1.55

1.90

3.95

18.64

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