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Official Journal of the Japan Wood Research Society

Table 3 Color properties of plywood samples made from rubberwood veneers thermally treated at different temperatures

From: Characterization of plywood made from heat-treated rubberwood veneers bonded with melamine urea formaldehyde resin

Type of panel

Color parameters

L*

a*

b*

ΔE

Control

70.12e

(0.94)

5.55a

(0.24)

20.76a

(0.28)

0.00

T160

65.75d

(1.40)

6.22b

(0.27)

22.27b

(0.59)

4.67a

(1.30)

T170

62.19c

(1.87)

7.65c

(0.85)

23.69c

(0.39)

8.71b

(1.49)

T180

56.07b

(1.24)

8.64d

(0.25)

25.23d

(0.48)

15.06c

(1.03)

T190

52.10a

(0.96)

9.23d

(0.41)

26.31e

(0.40)

19.21d

(1.06)

  1. The numbers in parentheses are the standard deviation values.
  2. *P-value < 0.001 and means with the different letter are significantly different