%0 Article
%T The influence of basic density and growth ring width on the impact strength of Norway spruce wood from Southern and Northern Finland
%A Saranpää, Pekka
%D 1983
%J Silva Fennica
%V 17
%N 4
%R doi:10.14214/sf.a15182
%U https://silvafennica.fi/article/5199
%X <p>Basic density and absorbed energy in impact bending were measured for 500 Norway spruce (<em>Picea abies</em> (L.) H. Karst.) samples from Northern and Southern Finland. Statistical analysis showed that the relationship between impact strength and basic density was significant and regression analysis showed that it was linear.</p>
<p>Furthermore, with constant density, the impact strength was higher in Northern than in Southern Finland. This was due to growth ring width: i.e. when density was kept constant the impact strength increased with decreasing growth ring width. In addition, when the growth ring width was kept constant, the basic density of wood was higher in Southern Finland than in Northern Finland.</p>
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