Official Journal of the Japan Wood Research Society
Table 4 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 submersion tests [(25 × 50 × 150 (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 | + | 64.29 ± 2.08 | n/a | 27.63 ± 2.97 | n/a | 55.87 ± 2.17 | 36.66 ± 3.58 | 19.21 ± 3.04 | 34.41 ± 5.50 |
− | 69.75 ± 1.80 | n/a | 23.52 ± 5.30 | n/a | 59.60 ± 1.79 | 46.23 ± 5.21 | 13.37 ± 5.29 | 22.40 ± 8.71 | |
10 | + | 49.92 ± 8.71 | 56.07 ± 9.52 | 24.82 ± 4.97 | 27.79 ± 5.46 | 42.17 ± 8.52 | 25.10 ± 4.84 | 17.07 ± 4.77 | 40.10 ± 6.65 |
− | 39.41 ± 3.47 | 43.95 ± 3.52 | 17.24 ± 2.28 | 19.23 ± 2.45 | 32.37 ± 3.44 | 22.17 ± 2.41 | 10.20 ± 2.23 | 31.37 ± 5.35 | |
20 | + | 41.58 ± 5.70 | 52.38 ± 6.83 | 24.05 ± 4.51 | 30.22 ± 5.37 | 34.32 ± 5.50 | 17.54 ± 4.78 | 16.78 ± 4.27 | 49.14 ± 9.32 |
− | 27.40 ± 1.81 | 35.26 ± 2.25 | 13.60 ± 1.07 | 17.51 ± 1.28 | 21.34 ± 1.62 | 13.79 ± 0.85 | 7.55 ± 0.94 | 35.28 ± 2.14 | |
30 | + | 33.81 ± 4.36 | 47.80 ± 6.00 | 21.39 ± 1.61 | 30.28 ± 2.21 | 28.58 ± 2.73 | 13.61 ± 1.09 | 14.97 ± 1.89 | 52.26 ± 2.50 |
− | 19.73 ± 1.53 | 28.06 ± 2.08 | 11.23 ± 1.11 | 15.96 ± 1.43 | 13.50 ± 1.27 | 8.50 ± 0.65 | 5.00 ± 0.88 | 36.88 ± 3.61 | |
50 | + | 19.55 ± 2.75 | 34.75 ± 5.76 | 13.00 ± 1.87 | 23.43 ± 3.89 | 15.02 ± 2.37 | 6.56 ± 0.92 | 8.46 ± 1.53 | 56.15 ± 2.41 |
− | 13.74 ± 1.74 | 24.61 ± 3.22 | 9.70 ± 1.68 | 17.37 ± 3.03 | 9.49 ± 1.73 | 4.04 ± 0.89 | 5.46 ± 1.67 | 56.71 ± 10.51 |