Table 2. Basic properties of Mossy locust

Anatomical properties
Length of fiber (n = 30)	Width of fiber (n = 30)	Thickness of cell wall for fiber (n = 30)

Earlywood	Latewood	Earlywood		Latewood		Earlywood	Latewood
		R section	T section	R section	T section
0.86 mm(0.06)*	1.13 mm(0.09)	18.09 μm(1.80)	11.57 μm(1.59)	10.51 μm(1.52)	9.16 μm(1.35)	1.12 μm(0.17)	2.23 μm(0.30)
Length of vessel element(n = 30)		Width of vessel element(n = 30)				Thickness of cell wall for vessel element (n = 30)

Earlywood	Latewood	Earlywood		Latewood		Earlywood	Latewood
		R section	T section	R section	T section
0.14 mm(0.01)*	0.17 mm(0.00)	293.56 μm(32.88)	239.79 μm(28.54)	178.77 μm(25.75)	140.72 μm(18.94)	1.64 μm(0.33)	2.08 μm(0.44)

Physical properties
Specific gravity (n = 100)			Total shrinkage (n = 100)
Green	Air-dry	Oven-dry	Linear			Volumetric
			L direction	R direction	T direction
0.614(0.028)	0.664(0.029)	0.713(0.032)	0.38%(0.18)	5.48%(0.95)	8.62%(1.18)	13.94%(1.89)

Mechanical properties
Bending strength		Compression strength parallel to the grain		Tensile strength parallel to the grain
Air-dry (12% MC*)(n = 28)	Green(n = 20)	Air-dry (12% MC)(n = 29)	Green(n = 28)	Air-dry (9.5% MC)(n = 18)	Green(n = 26)
129.0 MPa(12.3)	59.1 MPa(14.3)	46.0 MPa(5.5)	23.5 MPa(5.3)	165.7 MPa(55.4)	98.0 MPa(19.0)

Shear strength				Hardness
R section		T section		C section	R section	T section
Air-dry (13.7% MC)(n = 27)	Green(n = 19)	Air-dry(13% MC)(n = 18)	Green(n = 19)	Air-dry(12% MC)(n = 25)	Air-dry(12% MC)(n = 25)	Air-dry(12% MC)(n = 25)
14.2 MPa(1.1)	9.7 MPa(0.9)	15.7 MPa(1.5)	10.2 MPa(1.4)	9.3 kN(1.2)	8.7 kN(1.5)	8.6 kN(1.4)

Chemical compositions
Ash (n = 6)	Extractives (n = 6)	Lignin (n = 6)
		Acid-insoluble	Acid-soluble	Total
0.54%(0.10)	4.98%(0.21)	27.81%(0.92)	2.18%(0.46)	29.99%(1.36)

Sugars (n = 6)
Glucan	XMG**	Arabinan	Total
40.73%(0.54)	17.09%(0.30)	0.33%(0.00)	58.15%(0.84)

SD in parentheses.
n: number of specimens used in the evaluation or number of repetitions of evaluation.
R section: radial section, T section: tangential section, L direction: longitudinal direction, R direction: radial direction, T direction: tangential direction, C section: cross section.
MC: moisture content.
XMG: xylan + mannan + galactan.