Wood Properties: Purpleheart
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Purpleheart | 12% | Hardwood | 71,200 | 15,700 | 132,400 | Americas | 3.2 | 15,300 | 8,300 | 0.67 | 6.1 | 9.9 | 121 |
| Purpleheart | Green | Hardwood | 48,400 | 13,800 | 94,000 | Americas | 3.2 | 11,300 | 8,100 | 0.67 | 6.1 | 9.9 | 102 |
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