Bangikat poplar (Populus ciliata)
Family: Salicaeae
Common names: Asan, Bagnu, Ban pipal, Bangikat poplar, Chanun, Chelaun, Cottonwood, Dud phras, Falis, Gad pipal, Krammal, Pabe, Palach, Paluch, Phalassu, Phalja, Piplas, Plachh, Poplar, Rikhan, Safeda, Sharphara, Suali
Distributed in: Bhutan, China, India, Nepal (Oceania and S.E. Asia)
Distribution overview: The timber is distributed in the Himalayan region in India, from Kashmir to Bhutan, at elevations of 4000 to 10000 feet (1220 to 3050 m).
Common uses: Baskets, Food containers, Matchboxes, Matches, Turnery
Environment profile: Vulnerable within its natural growth range
Tree size: Trunk diameter is 150-200 cm
Colors: the heart isPurple, Redand the sapwoodWhitish, Yellow.The grain isStraight, the textureUniformand the lusterMedium
Natural durability: Perishable, Susceptible to insect attack
Kiln Drying Rate: Naturally dries quickly
Drying Defects: Resin Exudation, Splitting
Ease of Drying: Reconditioning Treatement
Blunting Effect: Little
Boring: Fairly easy to very easy
Carving: Fairly Easy to Very Easy
Cutting Resistance: Fairly Difficult to Very Difficult to saw
Gluing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy
Mortising: Fairly Easy to Very Easy
Moulding: Poor to Very Poor
Movement in Service: Poor to Very Poor
Planing: Very Good to Excellent
Resistance to Impregnation: Permeable sapwood
Response to hand tools: Responds Readily
Routing recessing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy
Sanding: Very Good to Excellent Results
Veneering qualities: Veneers easily, Veneers moderately easy
Steam bending: Fair to Good Results
Turning: Very Good to Excellent Results
Painting: Fair to Good; Polishing: Poor to Very Poor; Staining: Fairly Difficult to Very Difficult; Varnishing: Fairly Difficult to Very Difficult
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- Numerical data Metric
- Numerical data English
- Strength properties
- References
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Item |
Green |
Dry |
Metric |
Specific Gravity |
0,35 |
0,37 |
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Density |
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432 |
kg/m3 |
Bending Strength |
323 |
671 |
kg/cm2 |
Crushing Strength |
15 |
31 |
kg/cm2 |
Hardness |
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193 |
kg |
Impact Strength |
48 |
71 |
cm |
Shearing Strength |
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64 |
kg/cm2 |
Stiffness |
76 |
104 |
1000 kg/cm2 |
Tangential Shrinkage |
10 |
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% |
Radial Shrinkage |
4 |
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% |
Weight |
592 |
416 |
kg/m3 |
Maximum Load |
0,28 |
0,63 |
cm-kg/cm3 |
Toughness |
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cm-kg |
Static Bending |
159 |
397 |
kg/cm2 |
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 |  |  |  | Item | Green | Dry | English | Bending Strength | 4596 | 9555 | psi | Crushing Strength | 216 | 451 | psi | Density | | 27 | lbs/ft3 | Hardness | | 426 | lbs | Impact Strength | 19 | 28 | inches | Maximum Crushing Strength | 2029 | 5145 | psi | Shearing Strength | | 916 | psi | Static Bending | 2274 | 5655 | psi | Stiffness | 1083 | 1492 | 1000 psi | Work to Maximum Load | 4 | 9 | inch-lbs/in3 | Specific Gravity | 0.35 | 0.37 | | Weight | 37 | 26 | lbs/ft3 | Radial Shrinkage | 4 | | % | Tangential Shrinkage | 10 | | % | Volumetric Shrinkage | 15 | | % | |
Weight = moderate Low resistance to denting and marring Hardness (side grain) = soft Density = medium Compression strength (parallel to grain) = low Bending strength (MOR) = medium
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