Table 6. Mechanical properties of wood specimens
Property | Treatment | Jabon | Sengon | Mangium | Pine |
MOE (1,000 kgf/cm2) | Untreated | 52.7 (4.4)a | 54.2 (7.1)a | 73.7 (5.5)c | 106.4 (12.0)d |
FA wood | 54.1 (3.9)a | 65.0 (6.3)b | 101.6 (8.1)d | 106.6 (8.3)d |
Average | 53.4 | 59.6 | 87.7 | 106.5 |
MOR (kgf/cm2) | Untreated | 495 (26)b | 455 (39)b | 665 (63)c | 979 (105)e |
FA wood | 316 (34)a | 459 (43)b | 1,052 (81)f | 847 (55)d |
Average | 405.5 | 457.0 | 858.5 | 913.0 |
Strength class | Untreated | IV | IV | III | II |
FA wood | IV | IV | II | II |
Hardness (kgf/cm2) | Untreated | 128 (10)a | 135 (19)a | 259 (30)c | 433 (39)d |
FA wood | 262 (36)c | 188 (17)b | 478 (35)e | 447 (40)d |
Average | 195.0 | 161.5 | 368.5 | 440.0 |
Values in parentheses are standard deviations.
Values followed by the same letter within a row are not statistically different based on Duncan’s multiple range test.
MOE: modulus of elasticity, FA: furfuryl alcohol, MOR: modulus of rupture.