Table 4 Relative crystallinity of untreated and heat-treated wood before and after exposure to fungi.

From: Durability of heat-treated Paulownia tomentosa and Pinus koraiensis woods in palm oil and air against brown- and white-rot fungi

  

Relative crystallinity (%)

Unexposed

Brown-rotted

White-rotted

P. tomentosa

Control

55.0 ± 3.2

55.0 ± 1.3

59.2 ± 1.3

AHT at 180 °C

57.8 ± 3.2

49.3 ± 2.6

59.0 ± 1.0

AHT at 220 °C

62.1 ± 3.6

63.4 ± 5.0

61.4 ± 1.5

OHT at 180 °C

56.7 ± 2.1

52.1 ± 3.1

63.1 ± 1.3

OHT at 220 °C

59.4 ± 3.3

58.8 ± 3.9

62.2 ± 1.9

P. koraiensis

Control

69.5 ± 2.9

48.7 ± 5.7

55.3 ± 4.6

AHT at 180 °C

67.6 ± 4.1

57.7 ± 3.3

66.2 ± 1.9

AHT at 220 °C

65.1 ± 2.5

63.0 ± 3.3

67.1 ± 3.5

OHT at 180 °C

64.9 ± 3.5

62.3 ± 2.1

64.7 ± 5.2

OHT at 220 °C

68.4 ± 1.7

66.6 ± 3.2

69.3 ± 2.2

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