Home Wood Species Pau-roxo
Scientific name: Peltogyne paniculata
Caatingueira, Catingueira, Coataquiçauá, Coataquiçava, Coatiquiçauá, Coraci, Guarabu, Mulateiro-da-terra-firme, Pau-ferro, Pau-mulato, Pau-mulato-da-terra-firme, Pau-roxo, Pau-roxo-da-caatinga, Pau-violeta, Roxinho.
Commercial height: 13,40 m; Diameter: (DBH) 47.97 cm; (DAB) 47.95 cm; Trunk: straight; Buttress: from low to 1,80 m.
Results | Planing Frame | Sanding Belt Narrow | Turning | Boring | Sanding Belt Large |
Number of samples | 51 | 15 | 09 | 51 | 3 |
Surface Finishing | Fair | Excellent | Good | Good | Excellent |
Defect | Fuzzy | No defect | Torn | Fuzzy | - |
Setting Equipment | Suitable | - | Suitable | Suitable | - |
Pasting Degree | - | - | - | - | Minimum |
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Density(g/cm3) | Shrinkage (%) | Shrinkage Tangential/ Shrinkage Radial | |||||
Dry | Green | Basic | 12% | Tangential | Radial | Volumetric | |
0.93 | 1.27 | 0.81 | 1.03 | 8.10 | 5.10 | 12.70 | 1.59 |
State | Static Bending | Compression | Janka Hardness | |||
Modulus of rupture (kgf/cm2) | Modulus of elasticity (1.000kgf/cm2) | Parallel to the grain | Perpendicular to the grain | Parallel to the grain (kgf) | End to the grain (kgf) | |
Maximum compression (kgf/cm2) | Stress at proportional limit (kgf/cm2) | |||||
Green | 1317 | 157 | 694 | 207 | 1199 | 1331 |
Dry | 1908 | 181 | 923 | 203 | 1650 | 1536 |
State | Tension | Cleavage strenght | Shear | Nail extration | |
Perpendicular to the grain | Maximum compression (kgf/cm) | Maximum compression (kgf/cm) | Parallel to the grain (kgf) | End to the grain (kgf) | |
Maximum compression (kgf/cm2) | |||||
Green | 44 | 78 | 145 | 186 | 185 |
Dry | 29 | 49 | 185 |
Source: Laboratory of Forest Products - IBAMA-Brasília-Brazil
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