|    Anis (Nothofagus dombeyi) 
 Family: Fagaceae 
 Common names: Anis, Antarctic beech, Beech, Chilean beech, Chilean oak, Cohigue, Coigue, Coihue, Coyan, Coygue, Guindo, Hualle, Hualo, Lengue, Melica, Nire, Oyan, Pellin, Rauli, Roble, Roble cienego, Roble de Magellanes, Ruili, South American beech, Southern beech, Southern hemisphere beech 
 Distributed in: Chile (Latin America) 
 Common uses: Boat building: framing, Boxes and crates, Brush backs & handles, Cabinetmaking, Carvings, Cooperages, Flooring, Food containers, Fuelwood, Furniture, Heavy construction, Joinery, Light construction, Millwork, Mine timbers, Plywood, Poles, Pulp/Paper products, Railroad ties, Roofing, Sporting Goods, Structural work, Tool handles, Vats, Vehicle parts 
 Environment profile: Endangered
 
 Tree size: Trunk diameter is 150-200 cm 
 
	Colors: the heart isWhite to cream, Yellow to golden-yellow to orangeand the sapwoodWhite to yellow, Yellow.The grain isWeak figure, the textureMediumand the lusterPronounced
	 
 Natural durability: Susceptible to attack from termites (Isoptera), Susceptible to insect attack 
 Odor: Has an odor
 
 Kiln Schedules: UK=C US=T3C2/T3C1 Fr=3 
 Kiln Drying Rate: Rapid 
 Drying Defects: Severe end splitting, Splitting 
 Ease of Drying: Variable 
 Comments: General finishing qualities are rated as good  
 Blunting Effect: Little 
 Boring: Fairly difficult to very difficult
 
 Carving: Fairly Easy to Very Easy
 
 Cutting Resistance: Fairly Difficult to Very Difficult to saw 
 Gluing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy 
 Mortising: Poor to Very Poor 
 Moulding: Fairly Easy to Very Easy 
 Movement in Service: Fairly Easy to Very Easy 
 Nailing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy, Poor to Very Poor 
 Planing: Very Good to Excellent 
 Resistance to Impregnation: Sapwood is permeable 
 Response to hand tools: Responds Readily 
 Routing recessing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy 
 Sanding: Fairly Easy to Very Easy 
 Veneering qualities: Veneers easily, Veneers moderately easy 
 Steam bending: Unsuitable 
 
	Screwing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy, Poor to Very Poor Results;	Turning: Poor to Very Poor Results		
	 
 
	Painting: Poor to Very Poor;	Polishing: Satisfactory; Staining: Very Good to Excellent; Varnishing: Satisfactory
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    Numerical data MetricNumerical data EnglishStrength propertiesReferences 
     
     
	
      
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      | Item | Green | Dry | Metric |  
      
      
		| Specific Gravity |  |  |  |  
     
		| Density |  | 608 | kg/m3 |  
     
		| Bending Strength | 628 | 981 | kg/cm2 |  
     
		| Crushing Strength | 336 | 521 | kg/cm2 |  
     
		| Hardness |  | 451 | kg |  
     
		| Impact Strength |  |  | cm |  
     
		| Shearing Strength |  | 108 | kg/cm2 |  
     
		| Stiffness | 94 | 108 | 1000 kg/cm2 |  
     
		| Tangential Shrinkage | 9 |  | % |  
     
		| Radial Shrinkage | 5 |  | % |  
     
		| Weight | 592 | 464 | kg/m3 |  
     
		| Maximum Load |  |  | cm-kg/cm3 |  
     
		| Toughness |  |  | cm-kg |  
     
		| Static Bending |  |  | kg/cm2 |  
     
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 |  |  |  |  |  | Item | Green | Dry | English |  | Bending Strength | 8938 | 13960 | psi |  | Density |  | 38 | lbs/ft3 |  | Hardness |  | 995 | lbs |  | Maximum Crushing Strength | 4784 | 7413 | psi |  | Shearing Strength |  | 1550 | psi |  | Stiffness | 1339 | 1549 | 1000 psi |  | Weight | 37 | 29 | lbs/ft3 |  | Radial Shrinkage | 5 |  | % |  | Tangential Shrinkage | 9 |  | % |  | Volumetric Shrinkage | 14 |  | % |  |  | 
Modulus of Elasticity (stiffness) = low 0
 Max. crushing strength = medium 0
 Bending strength (MOR) = medium 0
 Hardness (side grain) = soft 0
 Max. crushing strength = high
 Shrinkage, Tangential = large
 Shearing strength (parallel to grain) = low
 Density (dry weight) = 38-45 lbs/cu. ft.
 Bending strength (MOR) = low
 Shrinkage, Radial = fairly large
 Modulus of Elasticity (stiffness) = very low
 Shrinkage, Volumetric = large
 Shrinkage, Radial = large
 Shearing strength (parallel to grain) = very low
 Shearing strength (parallel to grain) = medium
 Modulus of Elasticity (stiffness) = medium
 Density (dry weight) = 31-37 lbs/cu. ft.
 Shrinkage, Tangential = moderate
 Shrinkage, Tangential = fairly large
 Shrinkage, Radial = moderate
 Bending strength (MOR) = high
 Shrinkage, Radial = small
 Max. crushing strength = low
 Density (dry weight) = 46-52 lbs/cu. ft.
 
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