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http://dx.doi.org/10.5658/WOOD.2015.43.1.68

Hardness and Dimensional Stability of Thermally Compressed Domestic Korean Pine  

Hwang, Sung-Wook (Department of Wood Science & Technology, College of Agriculture & Life Sciences, Kyungpook National University)
Cho, Beom-Geun (Department of Wood Science & Technology, College of Agriculture & Life Sciences, Kyungpook National University)
Lee, Won-Hee (Department of Wood Science & Technology, College of Agriculture & Life Sciences, Kyungpook National University)
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Journal of the Korean Wood Science and Technology / v.43, no.1, 2015 , pp. 68-75 More about this Journal
Abstract
We conducted a thermal compression of domestic Korean pinewood for a use in flooring. For the evaluation of flooring material, we measured dimensional stability and surface hardness of thermally compressed wood. It is possible to make high-specific gravity woods with a range of 0.82-0.92 after the thermal compression with 50% compression set. The surface hardness increased with an increase in the pressing temperature. The highest value of surface hardness was $23.6N/mm^2$, which was obtained from the thermal compressed wood with pressing temperature of $160^{\circ}C$ and 30 minutes of pressing time. However, the surface hardness of woods treated at high temperature of $180^{\circ}C$ or greater decreased. The recovery of thickness decreased with increasing the pressing temperature. For dimensional stability, compression temperature was more dominant than compression time.
Keywords
Korean pine; compressed wood; hardness; dimensional stability;
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