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Table 2 Data assessment and evaluation of coco wood property

From: The bio-mechanical properties of coco wood applied with Neem extracts: a potential preservative for sustainable building in Marinduque, Philippines

Test Number

Coco lumber property

Instrument used,

Data evaluation,

Data assessment

wt%

(1)

Termite repellency

weighing scale and caliper

% = 100 (Wo – Wn)/Wo

(2)

Water absorbency

water, weighing scale, caliper

% = 100 (Wn – Wo)/Wo

(3)

Tangential swelling

weighing scale, caliper

% = 100 (Vn – Vo)/Vo

  1. Where;
  2. Wo = initial weight of wood sample
  3. Wn = the weight of wood sample after “n” time
  4. Vo = initial volume of the wood sample
  5. Vn = the volume of the wood sample after “n” time