Table 2.
Effect of steaming time and species of sawdust on total porosity
Species of sawdust
Steaming time (min)
Total porosity (%)
Pine sawdust
0
68.1 ± 0.9 b
*
10
68.1 ± 1.6 b
20
69.4 ± 0.5 b
30
73.8 ± 0.7 a
Oak sawdust
0
82.5 ± 1.2 c
10
85.2 ± 1.0 b
20
86.0 ± 1.0 b
30
88.9 ± 2.0 a
Mean separation within columns each species by Duncan’s multiple range test at
p
= 0.05