Wood Properties: Cedar, Northern white
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) | compression perpendicular kPa (kPa) | elastic ratio ER EL (dimensionless) | elastic ratio ET EL (dimensionless) | elastic ratio GLR EL (dimensionless) | elastic ratio GLT EL (dimensionless) | elastic ratio GRT EL (dimensionless) | impact bending mm (mm) | modulus of elasticity MPa (MPa) | modulus of rupture kPa (kPa) | origin | poisson LR (dimensionless) | poisson LT (dimensionless) | poisson RT (dimensionless) | poisson TR (dimensionless) | radial shrinkage pct (%) | shear parallel kPa (kPa) | side hardness N (N) | specific gravity (dimensionless) | tangential shrinkage pct (%) | tension perpendicular kPa (kPa) | thermal conductivity W mK (W/(m·K)) | volumetric shrinkage pct (%) | work to max load kJ m3 (kJ/m3) |
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| Cedar, Northern white | 12% | Softwood | 27,300 | 2,100 | 0.183 | 0.081 | 0.21 | 0.187 | 0.015 | 300 | 5,500 | 45,000 | Domestic | 0.337 | 0.34 | 0.458 | 0.345 | 2.2 | 5,900 | 1,400 | 0.31 | 4.9 | 1,700 | 0.094 | 7.2 | 33 |
| Cedar, Northern white | Green | Softwood | 13,700 | 1,600 | — | — | — | — | — | 380 | 4,400 | 29,000 | Domestic | — | — | — | — | 2.2 | 4,300 | 1,000 | 0.29 | 4.9 | 1,700 | 0.079 | 7.2 | 39 |
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