Research Article

Effect of Heartwood and Sapwood Ratio on Adhesion Strength of Finished Wood Species

Table 1

Roughness and adhesions strength test results.

Species and densityRoughness value () (µm)Adhesion strength (N/mm2)
SpruceFirAlderBeechSpruceFirAlderBeech

Heartwood
Spruce (0.425 g/cm3) 
Fir (0.49 g/cm3) 
Alder (0.52 g/cm3) 
Beech (0.69 g/cm3)
Planing45.50 (6.91)41.78 (3.60)51.49 (7.25)48.30 (3.32)1.95 (0.21)1.92 (0.26)1.98 (0.19) 2.12 (0.26)
8043.20 (5.40)39.22 (6.01)42.36 (4.21)42.57 (7.02)2.06 (0.26)2.05 (0.22)2.42 (0.36) 2.62 (0.22)
18025.78 (3.73)29.99 (4.60)31.32 (3.38)31.05 (8.24)1.97 (0.17)2.01 (0.19)2.36 (0.33) 2.56 (0.27)

Sapwood
Spruce (0.420 g/cm3) 
Fir (0.48 g/cm3) 
Alder (0.52 g/cm3) 
Beech (0.67 g/cm3)
Planing42.20 (3.92)42.54 (4.39)53.37 (4.87)50.82 (3.82)1.97 (0.30)1.88 (0.32)2.13 (0.35) 2.40 (0.33)
8036.98 (3.98)37.00 (7.42)37.66 (5.62)35.10 (6.14)2.06 (0.40)2.06 (0.32)2.15 (0.28)2.42 (0.19)
18027.53 (8.61)32.10 (6.68)33.69 (3.40)29.85 (3.38)1.92 (0.25)1.91 (0.29)1.92 (0.12)2.36 (0.25)

Numbers in parentheses are standard deviation values.