 
Ne (Pouteria micropholis)
Family: Sapotaceae
Common names: Ne
Common uses: Boat building: framing, Cabinetmaking, Carvings, Flooring, Flooring: commercial heavy traffic, Furniture, Heavy construction, Joinery, Mine timbers, Posts, Railroad ties, Vehicle parts
Tree size: Tree height is 30-40 m
Colors: the heart isPurple, RedThe grain isStraight, the textureFine
Natural durability: Susceptible to insect attack, Susceptible to marine borer attack
Kiln Drying Rate: Naturally dries slowly
Drying Defects: Moderate end spitting, Moderate surface checking
Ease of Drying: Slowly
Comments: General finishing qualities are rated as good
Cutting Resistance: Easy to saw
Gluing: Moderate gluing properties
Nailing: Possible if prebored, Pre-Boring Recommended
Planing: Very Good to Excellent
Resistance to Impregnation: Resistant sapwood
Response to hand tools: Fairly Difficult to Difficult to Work
Turning: Easy to turn
Polishing: Good; Varnishing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy;
- Numerical data Metric
- Numerical data English
- Strength properties
- References
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Item |
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Dry |
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Specific Gravity |
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Density |
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kg/m3 |
Bending Strength |
1469 |
2058 |
kg/cm2 |
Crushing Strength |
705 |
955 |
kg/cm2 |
Hardness |
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1333 |
kg |
Impact Strength |
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cm |
Shearing Strength |
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kg/cm2 |
Stiffness |
152 |
175 |
1000 kg/cm2 |
Tangential Shrinkage |
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Radial Shrinkage |
5 |
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Weight |
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kg/m3 |
Maximum Load |
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cm-kg/cm3 |
Toughness |
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cm-kg |
Static Bending |
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kg/cm2 |
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 |  |  |  | Item | Green | Dry | English | Bending Strength | 20907 | 29271 | psi | Hardness | | 2940 | lbs | Maximum Crushing Strength | 10035 | 13590 | psi | Stiffness | 2167 | 2494 | 1000 psi | Radial Shrinkage | 5 | | % | Tangential Shrinkage | 9 | | % | |
Shrinkage, Tangential = large Shrinkage, Tangential = moderate Shrinkage, Tangential = fairly large Shrinkage, Radial = moderate Shrinkage, Radial = large Shrinkage, Radial = fairly large Modulus of Elasticity (stiffness) = high Max. crushing strength = very high Hardness (side grain) = very hard Bending strength (MOR) = very high
Aubreville, A.,1967,Flore de la Nouvelle Caledonie et dependances noi sapotacees,Museum National D'histoire Naturelle, ParisKeating, W.G., Bolza, E.,1982,Characteristics properties and uses of timbers. South East Asia, Northern,Australia and the Pacific,C.S.I.R.O. Div. Chemical Technology,Inkata Press,1Sallenave, P.,1964,Proprietes Physiques et Mecaniques des Bois Tropicaux (Premier Supplement,C.T.F.T. Publ.,no.23Sarlin, P.,1954,Bois et forets de la Nourelle Caledoiue,C.T.F.T. Publication 6
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