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Chapter 23 



Table 23-15. — Ejfect of water soaking on moisture content, linear expansion, 



and thickness swell of six 'A-inch-thick, tempered, commercial hardboards 



evaluated by Werren and McNatt (1975, see text footnote 5)'-^ 



'Each value is the average for two specimens expressed as a percent of calculated ovendry 

 measurements determined from dimensions and weights of two matched specimens. 

 ■^See table 23-11 for description of hardboards. 



