Table 2.
Physical properties of each wood species and treatment a

Response	Treatment	Jabon	Mangium	Pine
Polymer loading (%)	Immersion	13.39 (2.10)	8.66 (1.27)	10.94 (1.50)
	Impregnation	23.75 (4.63)	14.62 (1.15)	17.80 (4.55)
Density (g/cm3)	Untreated	0.33 (0.01)	0.57 (0.02)	0.64 (0.04)
	Immersion	0.37 (0.01)	0.62 (0.02)	0.71 (0.04)
	Impregnation	0.41 (0.01)	0.65 (0.02)	0.75 (0.04)
Moisture content (%)	Untreated	12.14 (0.42)e	13.44 (0.79)e	12.52 (0.55)f
	Immersion	11.38 (0.68)d	10.75 (0.14)c	7.78 (0.16)b
	Impregnation	6.29 (0.17)a	5.88 (0.17)a	7.60 (0.45)b
Volume shrinkage (%)	Untreated	3.43 (0.35)c	5.75 (0.43)d	5.28 (0.60)d
	Immersion	1.79 (0.17)a	3.47 (0.31)c	2.85 (0.36)b
	Impregnation	1.56 (0.54)a	2.08 (0.20)a	2.68 (0.31)b
Water absorption (%)	Untreated	84.11 (7.49)f	49.34 (3.45)de	53.47 (4.93)de
	Immersion	80.95 (4.97)f	32.77 (8.59)b	46.40 (5.35)cd
	Impregnation	56.74 (5.73)e	24.04 (1.09)a	41.51 (5.52)c

Values in parentheses are standard deviations. Values followed by the same letter within the rows in each respond are not statistically different regarding to Duncan’s multi range test.