Research Article
Experimental Investigation of Sorghum Stalk and Sugarcane Bagasse Hybrid Composite for Particleboard
Table 10
Actual and theoretical densities of the particleboard.
| # Experiment | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| Ave. Thickness (mm) | 8.08 | 8.35 | 8.21 | 7.78 | 8.02 | 8.50 | 7.25 | 7.87 | 7.65 | Ave. Mass (g) | 12.20 | 13.23 | 11.54 | 11.25 | 12.23 | 12.89 | 9.98 | 11.52 | 12.09 | Theoretical density (ρ) (g/cm3) | 0.604 | 0.634 | 0.562 | 0.593 | 0.610 | 0.607 | 0.551 | 0.586 | 0.632 | Actual density (ρ) (g/cm3) | 0.442 | 0.422 | 0.410 | 0.419 | 0.457 | 0.487 | 0.457 | 0.425 | 0.417 | Volume fraction of voids (%) | 0.37 | 0.51 | 0.37 | 0.34 | 0.33 | 0.25 | 0.21 | 0.38 | 0.52 |
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