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Balata blanc
Balata blanc (Couratari panamensis)

Family: Lecythidaceae

Common names: Balata blanc, Congolo garepelo, Couratari, Ipipjo, Mari-mori, Oelemali, Tabari, Tauary, Wadala

Common uses: Heavy construction, Light construction

Environment profile: Rare

Tree size: Trunk diameter is 200-250 cm

Colors: the heart isRed, Yellowand the sapwoodWhite to yellow, Yellow.The grain isWavy, the textureMediumand the lusterPronounced

Natural durability: Resistant to powder post beetles, Susceptible to insect attack

Drying Defects: Checking, Splitting

Ease of Drying: Rapidly

Tree Identification: Bole/stem form is buttressed

Comments: General finishing qualities are rated as satisfactory

Blunting Effect: Moderate

Boring: Fair to good results

Carving: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Cutting Resistance: Easy to saw

Mortising: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Moulding: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Movement in Service: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Nailing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy, Very Good to Excellent

Planing: Straight

Response to hand tools: Responds Readily

Routing recessing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Veneering qualities: Veneers easily, Veneers moderately easy

Steam bending: Poor to Very Poor Results

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

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

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Item Green Dry Metric
Specific Gravity
Density kg/m3
Bending Strength 429 674 kg/cm2
Crushing Strength kg/cm2
Hardness kg
Impact Strength cm
Shearing Strength kg/cm2
Stiffness 117 135 1000 kg/cm2
Tangential Shrinkage %
Radial Shrinkage 2 %
Weight kg/m3
Maximum Load cm-kg/cm3
Toughness cm-kg
Static Bending kg/cm2
Item Green Dry English
Bending Strength 6111 9589 psi
Stiffness 1665 1923 1000 psi
Radial Shrinkage 2 %
Tangential Shrinkage 4 %

Shrinkage, Tangential = very small
Shrinkage, Radial = very small
Modulus of Elasticity (stiffness) = medium
Bending strength (MOR) = low

Record, S.J., Hess, R.W.,1943,Timbers of the New World,Yale University PressTakahashi, A.,1975,Compilation of data on the Mechanical Properties of Foreign Woods (Part 2,Central and South America,Shimane University, Japan, Research Report on Foreign Wood No.4
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