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New Zealand Journal of Forestry Science

Table 5 Bond tests of four LVL panels made from a mixture of E. globoidea and P. radiata veneers

From: Properties of rotary peeled veneer and laminated veneer lumber (LVL) from New Zealand grown Eucalyptus globoidea

Sample

Radiata pine grade

Steam test

Immersion test

ERmin

ERmax

RR

Mean

ERmin

ERmax

RR

Mean

1

G4

4

9

9

7

1

9

9

7

2

G4

3

7

10

5

0

9

8

6

3

G2

2

9

9

7

3

9

9

6

4

G2

2

9

9

6

1

8

9

6

  1. G4 and G2 are radiata pine veneer grades; 12, 14 and 17.5 GPa grade eucalypt veneers were used in each sample. ER represents the gluelines between eucalypts and radiata pine veneers and RR stands for the glueline between two radiata pine veneers. Mean is the average value of all 9 gluelines
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