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African satinwood
African satinwood (Pericopsis spp.)

Family: Leguminosae

Common names: African satinwood, Anyesan, Ayin, Duabay, Duakobin, Elo, Kokrodua, Makarfo, Yellow satinwood

Distributed in: Cameroon, Congo, Ghana, Ivory Coast (Africa)

Common uses: Boat building (general), Door, Furniture, Joinery, Millwork, Tool handles, Vehicle parts

Colors: the heart isGrey, Redand the sapwoodBrown, Red.The grain isStraight, the textureMedium

Natural durability: Resistant to attack from marine borers, Very durable

Drying Defects: Checking

Ease of Drying: Slowly

Tree Identification: Bole/stem form is straight

Blunting Effect: Moderate

Boring: Fairly difficult to very difficult

Carving: Fairly Difficult to Very Difficult

Cutting Resistance: Fairly Difficult to Very Difficult to saw

Gluing: Fair to Good Results

Mortising: Fairly Difficult to Very Difficult

Moulding: Fairly Difficult to Very Difficult

Movement in Service: Fairly Difficult to Very Difficult

Nailing: Easy to nail

Planing: Fairly Difficult to Very Difficult

Resistance to Abrasion: Moderate

Response to hand tools: Easy to machine

Routing recessing: Fairly Difficult to Very Difficult

Turning: Good results

Polishing: Satisfactory; Staining: Fairly Easy to Very Easy;

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Item Green Dry Metric
Specific Gravity
Density 641 kg/m3
Bending Strength 954 1473 kg/cm2
Crushing Strength 485 699 kg/cm2
Hardness 752 kg
Impact Strength cm
Shearing Strength kg/cm2
Stiffness 95 110 1000 kg/cm2
Tangential Shrinkage 4 %
Radial Shrinkage 2 %
Weight 624 496 kg/m3
Maximum Load cm-kg/cm3
Toughness cm-kg
Static Bending kg/cm2
Item Green Dry English
Bending Strength 13576 20956 psi
Density 40 lbs/ft3
Hardness 1658 lbs
Maximum Crushing Strength 6899 9945 psi
Stiffness 1358 1568 1000 psi
Weight 39 31 lbs/ft3
Radial Shrinkage 2 %
Tangential Shrinkage 4 %
Volumetric Shrinkage 6 %

Shrinkage, Volumetric = very small
Shrinkage, Tangential = very small
Shrinkage, Radial = very small
Mor/Bending strength = high
Modulus of Elasticity (stiffness) = low
Max. crushing strength = high
Hardness (side grain) = medium
Density (dry weight) = 38-45 lbs/cu. ft.
Density (dry weight) = 38-45 lbs/cu. ft.

Jay, B.A.,1968,Timbers of West Africa,TRADA, Red Booklet SeriesSpalt, H.A., Stern, W.L.,1956,Survey of African woods 1,Tropical Woods,115(105,pp 13-38Timber Technology & Machine Woodworking,1953,Afrormosia - Gold Coast Hardwood,Timb. Tech. and Mach. Wood,61(2166, p178
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