Research Article

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

Table 2

Statistical analysis of the roughness and adhesion strength test results.

SourceSum of squaresdfMean square valueSignificance level

Surface roughness
Effect of heartwood and sapwood (A)196,281196,286,480NS
Effect of sanding (B)28402.39214201.19468.825
Effect of species (C)2845.373948.4631.312
 A × B1222.692611.3420.182
 A × C192.06364.022.114NS
 B × C1693.826282.309.320
 A × B × C359.39659.901.977NS
 Error17447.6357630.29
 Total956260.10600

Adhesion strength
Effect of heart and sapwood (A)0.5710.577.70NS
Effect of sanding (B)2.8221.4118.96
Effect of species (C)15.2935.0968.46
 A × B1.9120.9512.84
 A × C0.6030.202.72
 B × C0.5660.091.26NS
 A × B × C1.6660.273.71
 Error33.954560.07
 Total2250.38480

NS: nonsignificant. Significant at the α = 0.05 level. Significant at the 0.01 level. Significant at the α = 0.001 level.