Alianna-be (Swartzia bannia)
Family: Caesalpiniaceae
Common names: Alianna-be, Bannia, Banya, Boco, Ebony, Ebony bania, Ijzerhart, Savanne ijzerhart, Savanneijzerhart, Shibalidanm
Distributed in: Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Netherlands, Suriname (Latin America, Oceania and S.E. Asia)
Common uses: Agricultural implements, Boat building: framing, Cabinetmaking, Carvings, Flooring, Flooring: industrial heavy traffic, Furniture, Handles: general, Heavy construction, Ladders, Mathematical instruments, Mine timbers, Musical instruments, Musical instruments: strings, Piling, Railroad ties, Tool handles, Toys, Turnery, Vehicle parts, Walking sticks, Wheel spokes
Environment profile: Rare
Tree size: Trunk diameter is 150-200 cm
Colors: the heart isRed, Yellowand the sapwoodWhite to yellow, Yellow.The grain isStriped figure, the textureUniformand the lusterSlightly lustrous
Natural durability: Susceptible to marine borer attack, Very durable
Odor: Has an odor
Kiln Schedules: Drying (speed) is fast
Drying Defects: Slight spring/bow, Slight surface checking
Ease of Drying: Reconditioning Treatement
Tree Identification: Bole/stem form is not buttressed
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: Easy to saw
Gluing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy
Mortising: Poor to Very Poor
Moulding: Poor to Very Poor
Movement in Service: Poor to Very Poor
Nailing: Possible if prebored, Very Good to Excellent
Planing: Planes well, to a good finish
Resistance to Impregnation: Resistant sapwood
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: Fairly Easy to Very Easy
Screwing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy, Possible if prebored; Turning: Very Good to Excellent Results
Polishing: Very Good to Excellent; Staining: Very Good to Excellent; Varnishing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy;
- Numerical data Metric
- Numerical data English
- Strength properties
- References
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| Item |
Green |
Dry |
Metric |
| Specific Gravity |
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| Density |
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1009 |
kg/m3 |
| Bending Strength |
1298 |
1863 |
kg/cm2 |
| Crushing Strength |
632 |
869 |
kg/cm2 |
| Hardness |
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1333 |
kg |
| Impact Strength |
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cm |
| Shearing Strength |
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208 |
kg/cm2 |
| Stiffness |
171 |
199 |
1000 kg/cm2 |
| Tangential Shrinkage |
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% |
| Radial Shrinkage |
4 |
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% |
| Weight |
993 |
929 |
kg/m3 |
| Maximum Load |
0,63 |
0,84 |
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 | 18463 | 26499 | psi | | Density | | 63 | lbs/ft3 | | Hardness | | 2940 | lbs | | Maximum Crushing Strength | 8990 | 12374 | psi | | Shearing Strength | | 2960 | psi | | Stiffness | 2441 | 2838 | 1000 psi | | Work to Maximum Load | 9 | 12 | inch-lbs/in3 | | Weight | 62 | 58 | lbs/ft3 | | Radial Shrinkage | 4 | | % | | Tangential Shrinkage | 8 | | % | |
Density (dry weight) = >75 lbs/cu. ft. Shrinkage, Tangential = moderate Shrinkage, Radial = small Shearing strength (parallel to grain) = high Modulus of Elasticity (stiffness) = very high Max. crushing strength = very high Hardness (side grain) = very hard Bending strength (MOR) = very high Shrinkage, Radial = moderate Modulus of Elasticity (stiffness) = high Max. crushing strength = high Bending strength (MOR) = high Work to Maximum Load = low Shrinkage, Tangential = small Shrinkage, Tangential = large Shrinkage, Tangential = fairly large Shrinkage, Radial = large Shrinkage, Radial = fairly large Shearing strength (parallel to grain) = very high
Berni, C.A., Bolza, E., Christensen, F.J.,1979,South American Timbers - The Characteristics, Properties and Uses of 190,Species,C.S.I.R.O Div. Building ResearchFanshawe, D.B.,1954,Forest Products of British Guiana Part 1 Principal Timbers,Forest Department British Guiana Forestry Bulletin (New Series 2nd,Edition,No.1Vink, A.T.,1965,Surinam Timbers,Surinam Forest Service Paramaribo,3rd rev. ed.Wangaard, F.F., W.L. Stern, and S.L. Goodrich. 1955. Tropical Woods - Properties and Uses of Tropical Woods, Volume V, No. 103. School of Forestry, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut.
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