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African ebonyAfrican ebonyAfrican ebony
African ebony (Diospyros spp.)

Family: Ebenaceae

Common names: African ebony, Cameroon ebony, Gaboon ebony, Kanran, Kayu malam, Kribi ebony, Kukuo, Mgriti, Msuini, Nigerian ebony, Nyareti, Omenowa, Trayung

Distributed in: Malaysia (Africa, Oceania and S.E. Asia)

Common uses: Billiard-cue butts, Brush backs & handles, Cabinetmaking, Carvings, Furniture, Musical instruments, Musical instruments: piano, Musical instruments: strings, Sporting Goods, Tool handles, Turnery

Environment profile: Vulnerable

Tree size: Trunk diameter is 150-200 cm

Colors: the heart isYellow, Yellow to golden-yellow to orangeand the sapwoodSame as heartwood, Tan.The grain isWavy, the textureMediumand the lusterLow

Natural durability: Resistant to attack from termites (Isoptera), Very durable

Odor: Has an odor

Silica Content: Siliceous

Kiln Schedules: UK=H US=T10D4S/T8D3S Fr=7

Drying Defects: Slight surface checking, Slight twist/warp

Ease of Drying: Moderately Difficult to Difficult

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 Difficult to Very Difficult

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, Possible if prebored

Planing: Planes to a poor finish

Resistance to Impregnation: Sapwood is moderately resistant

Response to hand tools: Difficult to machine

Routing recessing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Sanding: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Steam bending: Poor to Very Poor Results

Screwing: Fair to Good Results, Fairly Easy to Very Easy; Turning: Poor to Very Poor Results

Painting: Poor to Very Poor; Polishing: Satisfactory; Staining: Poor to Very Poor; Varnishing: Poor to Very Poor;

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Item Green Dry Metric
Specific Gravity
Density 833 kg/m3
Bending Strength 1298 1863 kg/cm2
Crushing Strength 632 869 kg/cm2
Hardness 1333 kg
Impact Strength cm
Shearing Strength kg/cm2
Stiffness 152 175 1000 kg/cm2
Tangential Shrinkage %
Radial Shrinkage 6 %
Weight 817 689 kg/m3
Maximum Load cm-kg/cm3
Toughness cm-kg
Static Bending kg/cm2
Item Green Dry English
Bending Strength 18463 26499 psi
Density 52 lbs/ft3
Hardness 2940 lbs
Maximum Crushing Strength 8990 12374 psi
Stiffness 2167 2494 1000 psi
Weight 51 43 lbs/ft3
Radial Shrinkage 6 %
Tangential Shrinkage 10 %

Density (dry weight) = 61-67 lbs/cu. ft
Density (dry weight) = 53-60 lbs/cu. ft
Density (dry weight) = 46-52 lbs/cu. ft.
Shrinkage, Tangential = large
Shrinkage, Radial = large
Modulus of Elasticity (stiffness) = high
Max. crushing strength = very high
Hardness (side grain) = very hard
Bending strength (MOR) = very high
Max. crushing strength = high
Density (dry weight) = 67-75 lbs/cu.ft
Density (dry weight) = 38-45 lbs/cu. ft.
Density (dry weight) = 31-37 lbs/cu. ft.
Bending strength (MOR) = high

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