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Yellow buckeyeYellow buckeye
Yellow buckeye (Aesculus octandra)

Family: Hippocastanaceae

Common names: Buckeye, Yellow buckeye

Distributed in: United States (North America)

Distribution overview: In the United States, buckeye ranges from the Appalachians of Pennsylvania, Virginia, and North Carolina westward to Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas. Buckeye is not customarily separated from other species when manufactured into lumber and can be utilized for the same purposes as aspen, basswood, and sap yellow-poplar.

Common uses: Boxes and crates, Casks, Chairs, Chests, Concealed parts (Furniture), Desks, Dining-room furniture, Dowell pins, Dowells, Drawer sides, Drawing boards, Fine furniture, Floor lamps, Furniture , Furniture components, Furniture squares or stock, Hatracks, Kitchen cabinets, Living-room suites, Novelties, Office furniture, Packing cases, Plaques, Radio - stereo - TV cabinets, Rustic furniture, Stools, Tables , Tobacco boxes, Trunks, Utility furniture, Valises, Wardrobes, Woodenware

Environment profile: Status unknown in many of its growth areas

Tree size: Tree height is 20-30 m

Colors: the heart isYellow, Yellowish whiteand the sapwoodWhite White to grayish white .The grain isFigure, the textureUniform

Natural durability: Perishable, Very little natural resistance

Odor: No odor, generally.

Kiln Schedules: 10 - F4 (4/4) T8 - F4 (8/4) U

Drying Defects: Distortion, Warping can be expected



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Item Green Dry Metric
Specific Gravity 0,26 0,24
Density 673 kg/m3
Bending Strength kg/cm2
Crushing Strength kg/cm2
Hardness kg
Impact Strength cm
Shearing Strength kg/cm2
Stiffness 1000 kg/cm2
Tangential Shrinkage 8 %
Radial Shrinkage 4 %
Weight 881 657 kg/m3
Maximum Load cm-kg/cm3
Toughness cm-kg
Static Bending kg/cm2
Item Green Dry English
Density 42 lbs/ft3
Specific Gravity 0.26 0.24
Weight 55 41 lbs/ft3
Radial Shrinkage 4 %
Tangential Shrinkage 8 %
Volumetric Shrinkage 12 %

Heavy
Density = high

Boone, R.S., C.J. Kozlik, P.J. Bois and E.M. Wengert. 1988. Dry Kiln Schedules for Commercial Woods: Temperate and Tropical. United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory, General Technical Report FPL-GTR-57, Madison, Wisconsin.Little, E.L.1980.The Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Trees - Eastern Region.Published by Arthur A. Knopf, New York.Panshin, A.J. and C. deZeeuw. 1980. Textbook of Wood Technology, 4th Edition. McGraw-Hill Series in Forest Resources. McGraw-Hill Book Company, New York.USDA. 1988. Dry Kiln Operators Manual, Preliminary Copy. Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory, Madison, Wisconsin.
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