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Angelim Pedra

Botanical Name
Hymenolobium spp.

Other Names

Origin
Central America

Sapwood Colour
White to Yellow

Heartwood Colour

Brown yellow to brown orange

Grain
Slightly interlocked

Texture
Coarse

Common Uses
Furniture, carpentry, decking, flooring, window & door frames, contruction

Physical Properties at MC 12%

Density kg/m3 770
Specific gravity0.64
Hardness N8880
Bending StrengthN/mm2128.3
StiffnessN/mm214500
Radial shrinkage %4
Tangential shrinkage %
7

Working Properties

StabilityxxBendingxxx
MachiningxxScrewingxxx
GluingxxxPaintingxxx
SandingxxxxStaining xxx

xxxx = excellent
xxx = good

xx = fair
x = not good