Wood Properties: Afrormosia
Wood mechanical, physical, and thermal properties for 190+ hardwood and softwood species at green and 12% moisture content — including strength, stiffness, hardness, shrinkage, thermal conductivity, Poisson ratios, and elastic ratios from the USDA Wood Handbook
| species name | moisture content | category | compression parallel kPa (kPa) | modulus of elasticity MPa (MPa) | modulus of rupture kPa (kPa) | origin | radial shrinkage pct (%) | shear parallel kPa (kPa) | side hardness N (N) | specific gravity (dimensionless) | tangential shrinkage pct (%) | volumetric shrinkage pct (%) | work to max load kJ m3 (kJ/m3) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afrormosia | 12% | Hardwood | 68,500 | 13,400 | 126,900 | Africa | 3 | 14,400 | 6,900 | 0.61 | 6.4 | 10.7 | 127 |
| Afrormosia | Green | Hardwood | 51,600 | 12,200 | 102,000 | Africa | 3 | 11,500 | 7,100 | 0.61 | 6.4 | 10.7 | 135 |
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