Official Journal of the Japan Wood Research Society
Table 3 Moisture content at the end of absorption (MC144, %) and desorption cycle (MC312, %), amount of absorbed moisture after 144 h (a144, %), amount of desorbed moisture after 168 h (d168, %), residual moisture content (rm168, %), residue (res312, %) in floating tests [(25 × 50 × 50 (ax.)] according to the CEN/TS 16818 standard [32]; n/a—not applicable
From: Biological durability and wood–water interactions of sorbitol and citric acid (SorCA) modified wood
Treatment wt% SorCA | Leaching1 | MC144 (%) | MC144cor (%) | MC312 (%) | MC312cor (%) | a144 (%) | d168 (%) | rm168 (%) | res312 (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
0 | + | 69.33 ± 4.65 | n/a | 22.12 ± 0.45 | n/a | 58.45 ± 4.59 | 47.22 ± 4.53 | 11.24 ± 0.53 | 19.31 ± 1.54 |
− | 59.29 ± 6.92 | n/a | 20.88 ± 1.47 | n/a | 49.06 ± 6.99 | 38.41 ± 5.71 | 10.64 ± 1.59 | 21.77 ± 1.76 | |
10 | + | 47.20 ± 7.60 | 52.82 ± 8.48 | 23.91 ± 3.45 | 26.76 ± 3.84 | 38.27 ± 7.63 | 23.28 ± 4.67 | 14.99 ± 3.46 | 39.02 ± 3.57 |
− | 30.04 ± 4.44 | 33.85 ± 4.91 | 15.49 ± 2.20 | 17.46 ± 2.43 | 22.33 ± 4.38 | 14.55 ± 2.40 | 7.78 ± 2.14 | 34.43 ± 3.54 | |
20 | + | 32.33 ± 4.86 | 40.85 ± 6.12 | 19.10 ± 3.20 | 24.13 ± 4.03 | 24.22 ± 4.75 | 13.23 ± 1.78 | 10.99 ± 3.10 | 44.83 ± 3.76 |
− | 22.47 ± 1.46 | 28.70 ± 1.83 | 13.48 ± 0.96 | 17.23 ± 1.18 | 15.56 ± 1.34 | 8.98 ± 0.60 | 6.58 ± 0.85 | 42.15 ± 2.33 | |
30 | + | 23.83 ± 4.05 | 33.66 ± 5.64 | 15.44 ± 2.59 | 21.81 ± 3.61 | 15.71 ± 4.10 | 8.39 ± 1.54 | 7.32 ± 2.65 | 45.43 ± 5.52 |
− | 16.83 ± 2.91 | 23.81 ± 4.15 | 10.90 ± 1.39 | 15.42 ± 1.97 | 10.64 ± 2.90 | 5.93 ± 1.53 | 4.71 ± 1.39 | 44.07 ± 1.54 | |
50 | + | 19.00 ± 4.19 | 32.93 ± 7.19 | 14.35 ± 2.91 | 24.87 ± 4.99 | 11.0 ± 4.17 | 4.65 ± 1.33 | 6.35 ± 2.89 | 56.07 ± 6.30 |
− | 10.63 ± 0.79 | 18.52 ± 1.46 | 8.90 ± 0.45 | 25.50 ± 0.85 | 3.80 ± 0.68 | 1.73 ± 0.36 | 2.07 ± 0.34 | 54.60 ± 2.79 |