The effect of quick drying test on mersawa species / Nor Afizah Ibrahim

The purpose in this study was to investigate whether wood hardness defects are affected by different of temperature level which are 60°C, 80°C or 100°C using an oven drying and tree portions of Mersawa species where are top, middle and bottom. The quick drying test samples were dried to archive the constant of moisture content and then dried used different of temperature levels. The results show that samples dried under temperature level of 60°C and 80°C were not significant with defects but temperature level of 100°C was give higher of check defects. For this reason it is important to use samples that matched with the temperature levels to ensure no defect while make a wood products.