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Australian blackwoodAustralian blackwood
Australian blackwood (Acacia melanoxylon)

Family: Leguminosae

Common names: Australian black acacia, Australian blackwood, Black sally, Black wattle, Blackwood, Cedar, Cedar lightwood, Lightwood, Swarthout, Tasmanian blackwood

Distributed in: Argentina, Australia, Chile, India, New Zealand, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Tanzania (Africa, Latin America, Oceania and S.E. Asia)

Distribution overview: Australian Blackwood grows in Eastern Australia from Queensland southward to Victoria and also in Tasmania. It has been introduced into East and South Africa, India, Ceylon, Chile, and Argentina. It's distribution is closely linked to rainfall. The tree can be found in various habitats, chiefly wet sclerophyll forest and in or near cooler rainforest.

Common uses: Bedroom suites, Bent Parts, Boat building (general), Boat building: framing, Cabinetmaking, Carvings, Chairs, Chests, Cooperages, Decorative veneer, Desks, Dining-room furniture, Drawer sides, Drum sticks, Excelsior, Figured veneer, Fine furniture, Flooring, Flooring: commercial heavy traffic, Food containers, Fuelwood, Furniture , Furniture, Gunstocks, Joinery, Kitchen cabinets, Light construction, Living-room suites, Musical instruments , Musical instruments, Office furniture, Organ pipes, Paneling, Piano keys, Pianos , Plywood corestock, Plywood, Poles, Radio - stereo - TV cabinets, Railroad ties, Rifle stock, Sounding boards, Sporting Goods, Structural work, Tables, Tool handles, Turnery, Vats, Vehicle parts, Veneer, Veneer: decorative, Violin bows, Violin, Walking sticks, Wardrobes, Wheel spokes, Wheels, Xylophones, agricultural implements

Product sources: Supplies of the timber are adequate in Australia, but are limited in other parts of the world. Prices are in the high range when the material is available.

Environment profile: Questionable

Tree size: Trunk diameter is 100-150 cm

Colors: the heart isYellow, Yellow to golden-yellow to orangeand the sapwoodWhite to yellow, Yellow.The grain isWavy, the textureUniformand the lusterMedium

Natural durability: Susceptible to insect attack, Untreated wood in contact with ground could decay in less than 5 years

Odor: No specific smell or taste

Kiln Schedules: Kiln Drying Rate (in days) is fairly rapid

Kiln Drying Rate: Rapid (<10 days for boards < 32 mm, to <30 days for boards >= 63 mm)

Drying Defects: Slight surface checking, Splitting

Ease of Drying: Slowly

Tree Identification: Bole/stem form is unknown

Comments: General finishing qualities are rated as good

Blunting Effect: Moderate

Boring: Fairly easy to very easy

Carving: Fairly Difficult to Very Difficult

Cutting Resistance: Material with interlocked grain can be difficult.

Gluing: Satisfactory gluing properties

Mortising: Fairly Difficult to Very Difficult

Moulding: Poor to Very Poor

Movement in Service: Poor to Very Poor

Nailing: Pre-Boring Recommended, Satisfactory nailing properties

Planing: Very Good to Excellent

Resistance to Impregnation: Sapwood is permeable

Response to hand tools: Satisfactorily

Routing recessing: Fairly Difficult to Very Difficult

Sanding: Satisfactory sanding results

Veneering qualities: Veneers easily, Veneers moderately easy

Steam bending: Very good

Screwing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy, Good screw holding properties; Turning: Very good

Polishing: Very Good to Excellent; Staining: Very Good to Excellent;

  • Numerical data Metric
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Item Green Dry Metric
Specific Gravity 0,5 0,54
Density 657 kg/m3
Bending Strength 704 1076 kg/cm2
Crushing Strength 55 96 kg/cm2
Hardness 487 kg
Impact Strength 98 93 cm
Shearing Strength 144 kg/cm2
Stiffness 125 149 1000 kg/cm2
Tangential Shrinkage 7 %
Radial Shrinkage 2 %
Weight 641 528 kg/m3
Maximum Load cm-kg/cm3
Toughness 165 cm-kg
Static Bending 409 608 kg/cm2
Item Green Dry English
Bending Strength 10023 15313 psi
Crushing Strength 784 1377 psi
Density 41 lbs/ft3
Hardness 1075 lbs
Impact Strength 39 37 inches
Maximum Crushing Strength 5381 8437 psi
Shearing Strength 2062 psi
Static Bending 5831 8653 psi
Stiffness 1789 2122 1000 psi
Toughness 144 inch-lbs
Specific Gravity 0.5 0.54
Weight 40 33 lbs/ft3
Radial Shrinkage 2 %
Tangential Shrinkage 7 %
Volumetric Shrinkage 10 %

Density (dry weight) = 38-45 lbs/cu. ft. 0
Bending strength (MOR) = medium 0
Modulus of Elasticity (stiffness) = medium 0
Max. crushing strength = high 0
Hardness (side grain) = soft 1
Shearing strength (parallel to grain) = medium 0
Max. crushing strength = medium 0
Density (dry weight) = 46-52 lbs/cu. ft.
Shrinkage, Tangential = moderate
Shrinkage, Radial = very small
Shrinkage, Radial = small
Shearing strength (parallel to grain) = low
Shrinkage, Tangential = fairly large
Shrinkage, Tangential = small
Toughness-Hammer drop (Impact strength) = medium
Shrinkage, Tangential = very small
Shrinkage, Tangential = large
Shrinkage, Radial = moderate
Modulus of Elasticity (stiffness) = high
Hardness (side grain) = medium
Density (dry weight) = 31-37 lbs/cu. ft.
Bending strength (MOR) = high
Shrinkage, Radial = fairly large
Modulus of Elasticity (stiffness) = low
Max. crushing strength = low
Toughness-Hammer drop (Impact Strength) = low
Resists denting and marring
Modulus of Elasticity (stiffness) = very high
Heavy
Hardness (side grain) = very soft
Density = high
Compression strength (parallel to grain) = high

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