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Table 4 Summary of MOE and MOR of densified timber from various TM densification research

From: Densification of timber: a review on the process, material properties, and application

References

Species

Testing standard

Densification method

Parameters tested

Density (% change)

MOE/MOR (% change)

[25]

Picea glauca (Moench.) Voss. (White spruce)

Not reported

TM

CR (12–32%), Pressing Temperature (20–200 °C)

Not reported

− 5.52 to 36.63%/− 4.11 to 32.05%

[27]

Cryptomerica japonica D. Don (Sugi)

Not reported

TM

CR (33–50%), Pressing Temperature (140–200 °C)

36.36–87.88%

17.98–60.67%/9.85–54.85%

[29]

Cryptomerica japonica D. Don (Sugi)

JIS Z2101

TM

CR (30–70%), Direction

28.57–251.43%

16.67–166.67%/50.00–183.33%

[30]

Cryptomerica japonica D. Don (Sugi)

Not reported

TM

CR (33–70%), MC (6–16%)

33.33–300%

148.3–310.73%/Not reported

[33]

Pterocarya fraxinifolia (Caucasian wingnut)

ISO 3133

TM

Pressing Temperature (110–170 °C)

16.63–26.74%

63.93–79.40%/157.06–252.15%

[35]

Populus usbekistanica (Poplar)

TS2474

TS2478

TM

Heat Treatment Temperature (120–200 °C)

144.55–188.18%

72.67–130.32%/− 2.58 to 71.64%

[88]

Pinus Sylvestris L. (Scots pine)

TS 2474 (1976)

TM

Pressing Temperature (120–160 °C)

83.72–88.37%

− 1.23 to 11.43%/− 6.08 to 42.56%

  1. JIS Japanese Industrial Standards, ISO International Organization for Standardization, TS Turkish Standards Institution