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European horse chestnutEuropean horse chestnut
European horse chestnut (Aesculus hippocastanum)

Family: Hippocastanaceae

Common names: European horse chestnutHorse chestnutMarrionier d'inde

Distributed in: Albania, Austria, Bulgaria, France, Greece, India, Iran, United Kingdom (Eastern Europe, Oceania and S.E. Asia, Western Europe)

Distribution overview: Its common range is in southern Europe (Greece, Albania), though it is naturalized at scattered locales throughout eastern North America from Maine to Minnesota, and south to South Carolina. It is also found in Great Britian, where it is widely cultivated.

Common uses: Baskets, Boxes and crates, Broom handles, Brush backs & handles, Brush backs & handles, Building materials, Cabinetmaking, Carvings, Decorative plywood, Flooring, Food containers, Furniture, Handles: general, Interior construction, Interior trim, Moldings, Plywood, Pulp/Paper products, Sporting Goods, Tables, Textile equipment, Toys, Turnery, Veneer, Veneer: decorative

Environment profile: Vulnerable in many parts of its natural habitat

Tree size: Trunk diameter is 200-250 cm

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

Natural durability: Susceptible to insect attack, Very little natural resistance

Odor: No specific smell or taste

LightInduced Color Change: Darker

Kiln Schedules: Drying (speed) is fast

Kiln Drying Rate: Naturally dries quickly

Drying Defects: End splitting, Splitting

Ease of Drying: Slowly

Tree Identification: Bole/stem form is cylindrical

Comments: General finishing qualities are rated as good

Blunting Effect: Little

Boring: Satisfactory results

Cutting Resistance: Moderate to saw

Gluing: Very good properties

Mortising: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Moulding: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Movement in Service: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Nailing: Satisfactory nailing properties, Very Good to Excellent

Planing: Moderately easy to plane

Resistance to Impregnation: Permeable sapwood

Response to hand tools: Works well with hand tools

Routing recessing: Good in both routing and recessing.

Sanding: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Veneering qualities: Veneers easily, Veneers moderately easy

Steam bending: Very good

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

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

  • Numerical data Metric
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Item Green Dry Metric
Specific Gravity 0,37 0,39
Density 512 kg/m3
Bending Strength 416 687 kg/cm2
Crushing Strength 187 373 kg/cm2
Hardness 400 kg
Impact Strength cm
Shearing Strength 85 kg/cm2
Stiffness 65 77 1000 kg/cm2
Tangential Shrinkage %
Radial Shrinkage 2 %
Weight 528 496 kg/m3
Maximum Load 0,7 0,77 cm-kg/cm3
Toughness 192 cm-kg
Static Bending kg/cm2
Item Green Dry English
Bending Strength 5920 9785 psi
Density 32 lbs/ft3
Hardness 882 lbs
Maximum Crushing Strength 2668 5312 psi
Shearing Strength 1221 psi
Stiffness 931 1098 1000 psi
Toughness 167 inch-lbs
Work to Maximum Load 10 11 inch-lbs/in3
Specific Gravity 0.37 0.39
Weight 33 31 lbs/ft3
Radial Shrinkage 2 %
Tangential Shrinkage 3 %

Density (dry weight) = 31-37 lbs/cu. ft. 0
Bending strength (MOR) = low
Modulus of Elasticity (stiffness) = very low
Max. crushing strength = low
Work to Maximum Load = very low
Max. crushing strength = medium
Weight= medium
Toughness (total work) = low
Shrinkage, Tangential = very small
Shrinkage, Radial = very small
Shearing strength (parallel to grain) = very low
Shearing strength (parallel to grain) = low
Resists denting and marring
Hardness = medium
Hardness (side grain) = soft
Density = high
Compression strength (parallel to grain) = medium
Bending strength (MOR) = medium

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