Scots pine

Norway spruce

Surface

Surface

Tangential

Radial

Tangential

Radial

MC after sprinkling, %

28 (13)

23 (11)

19 (5)

18 (2)

MC after drying, %

21 (8)

18 (8)

14 (3)

13 (1)

MC change, %-units

7.7 (5.5)

5.3 (3.5)

5.3 (1.2)

5.3 (1.1)

Number of checks (>1.5 mm)

58 (45)

22 (25)

23 (27)

3.7 (7)

Total area of checks, mm2

43 (45)

11 (24)

32 (35)

2.8 (6)

Length sum of checks, mm

248 (201)

67 (81)

111 (118)

17 (32)

Width sum of checks, mm

9.1 (7.9)

2.7 (3.3)

5.2 (5.8)

0.53 (1.0)

Mean area of check, mm2

0.70 (0.56)

0.48 (1.06)

1.6 (1.95)

0.35 (0.70)