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Journal of Wood Science

Official Journal of the Japan Wood Research Society

Table 3 Comparison of wood properties of C. obtusa grown in Japan

From: Radial variations of broad-sense heritability in wood properties and classification of load–deflection curves in static bending for six half-sib families of Chamaecyparis obtusa

Place

Tree age

ARW

(mm)

TL

(mm)

MFA

(degree)

BD

(g/cm3)

AD

(g/cm3)

MOE

(GPa)

MOR

(MPa)

CS

(MPa)

Reference

Chiba

34

2.8

2.2

17.8

0.404

0.474

7.42

80.8

39.3

Present study

Chiba

17

1.3–4.0

1.6–2.8

15–28

0.38–0.43

    

[21]

Fukuoka

25

 

1.77–2.55

 

0.422

   

43.4

[22]

Tochigi

27

2.84

2.27

14.3

0.42

 

8.5

88.4

 

[23]

Oita

20–32

   

0.356–0.465

0.44–0.49

7.47–9.56

73.8–90.5

 

[24]

Kochi

115–120

    

0.477

10.7

82.4

40.6

[25]

Miyazaki

37

 

1.7–3.6

8.1–32.0

0.325–0.458

 

6.8–15.5

72–116

 

[4]

  1. ARW annual ring width, TL tracheid length, MFA microfibril angle, BD basic density, AD air-dry density, MOE modulus of elasticity, MOR modulus of rupture, CS compressive strength
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