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Ash

Botanical Name
Fraxinus excelsior

Other Names
NA

Origin
Western, Eastern Europe

Sapwood Colour
Not clearly to indentify from heartwood

Heartwood Colour

Pink when freshly cut, turning pale brown or white upon exposure. Some dark brown to black heartwood ( olive ash )

Grain
Typical straight

Texture
Porous earlywood bands giving a coarse texture, large open pores, appear as clear visible lines on radial surfaces and as broad irregular bands on tangential surfaces

Common Uses
Furniture, mouldings, interior joinery, kitchen cabinets, doors, panelling, flooring, tool handles, turnings, sports goods, veneer

Physical Properties at MC 12%

Density kg/m3 689
Specific gravity0.53
Hardness N6260
Bending StrengthN/mm2106
StiffnessN/mm212900
Radial shrinkage %5
Tangential shrinkage %
8

Working Properties

StabilityxxxBendingxxxx
MachiningxxxScrewingxxx
GluingxxxPaintingxxx
SandingxxxStaining xxx

xxxx = excellent
xxx = good

xx = fair
x = not good