Table 1.
Dimensional shrinkage on each tree and each condition
Tree’s No. | Sample location within the stem | Shrinkage (%) |
Green to air-dried condition | Green to oven-dried condition |
L | R | T | L | R | T |
1 | Heartwood | 0.34 | 1.79 | 1.89 | 0.85 | 4.86 | 6.32 |
Transition | 0.34 | 1.54 | 1.66 | 0.85 | 4.80 | 6.09 |
Sapwood | 0.48 | 2.29 | 3.13 | 0.89 | 5.57 | 7.70 |
2 | Heartwood | 0.62 | 2.76 | 1.67 | 1.04 | 5.44 | 5.08 |
Transition | 0.60 | 2.11 | 1.97 | 1.01 | 4.88 | 5.82 |
Sapwood | 0.52 | 2.34 | 3.52 | 0.87 | 4.93 | 8.33 |
3 | Heartwood | 0.63 | 3.40 | 2.31 | 1.06 | 5.97 | 6.11 |
Transition | 0.53 | 1.64 | 1.77 | 1.01 | 4.35 | 5.34 |
Sapwood | 0.35 | 2.15 | 3.32 | 0.76 | 4.65 | 7.45 |
Note: L = Longitudinal, R = Radial, T = Tangential