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Ceratopetalum
Ceratopetalum (Ceratopetalum apetalum)

Family: Cunoniaceae

Common names: Ceratopetalum, Coachwood, Leather jacket, Rose mahogany, Satinwood, Scented satinwood

Distributed in: Australia (Oceania and S.E. Asia)

Common uses: Agricultural implements, Boat building (general), Broom handles, Cabinetmaking, Chairs, Flooring, Flooring: industrial heavy traffic, Furniture, Handles: general, Joinery, Millwork, Moldings, Paneling, Plywood corestock, Plywood, Plywood: veneer (marine), Sporting Goods, Textile equipment, Turnery, Vehicle parts, Veneer, Veneer: decorative

Environment profile: Vulnerable

Tree size: Trunk diameter is 300-350 cm

Colors: the heart isReddish brown, Yellowand the sapwoodWhite, Yellow.The grain isStraight, the textureUniformand the lusterSlightly lustrous

Natural durability: Susceptible to insect attack, Very durable

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

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

Drying Defects: Slight twist/warp, Splitting

Ease of Drying: Slowly

Tree Identification: Bole/stem form is straight

Comments: General finishing qualities are rated as satisfactory

Blunting Effect: Moderate

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: Very Good to Excellent

Moulding: Moulding ease is moderate

Movement in Service: Moulding ease is moderate

Nailing: Holds nails well, Very Good to Excellent

Planing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Resistance to Impregnation: Resistant sapwood

Resistance to Splitting: Poor

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: Poor

Screwing: Screwing yields good results, Very Good to Excellent Results; Turning: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Painting: Surface Preparation; Polishing: Very Good to Excellent; Staining: Very Good to Excellent; Varnishing: Surface Preparation;

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Item Green Dry Metric
Specific Gravity
Density 641 kg/m3
Bending Strength 617 965 kg/cm2
Crushing Strength 310 491 kg/cm2
Hardness 451 kg
Impact Strength cm
Shearing Strength 139 kg/cm2
Stiffness 113 131 1000 kg/cm2
Tangential Shrinkage %
Radial Shrinkage 6 %
Weight 624 496 kg/m3
Maximum Load 0,63 0,84 cm-kg/cm3
Toughness 239 cm-kg
Static Bending kg/cm2
Item Green Dry English
Bending Strength 8777 13736 psi
Density 40 lbs/ft3
Hardness 995 lbs
Maximum Crushing Strength 4413 6988 psi
Shearing Strength 1989 psi
Stiffness 1614 1864 1000 psi
Toughness 208 inch-lbs
Work to Maximum Load 9 12 inch-lbs/in3
Weight 39 31 lbs/ft3
Radial Shrinkage 6 %
Tangential Shrinkage 10 %

Density (dry weight) = 38-45 lbs/cu. ft. 1
Modulus of Elasticity (stiffness) = mediun
Crushing strength = medium
Bending strength (MOR) = medium
Hardness (side grain) = soft
Shearing strength (parallel to grain) = medium
Toughness (total work) = medium
Toughness (total work) = low
Shrinkage, Tangential = large
Shrinkage, Radial = fairly large
Shearing strength (parallel to grain) = low
Modulus of Elasticity (stiffness) = low
Max. crushing strength (stiffness) = very low
Density (dry weight) = 46-52 lbs/cu. ft.
Density (dry weight) = 31-37 lbs/cu. ft.
Crushing strength = high
Bending strength (MOR) = low

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