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Poplar gumPoplar gum
Poplar gum (Eucalyptus alba)

Family: Myrtaceae

Common names: Poplar gum

Distributed in: Australia, Fiji, Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Sri Lanka (Oceania and S.E. Asia)

Distribution overview: North and central Queensland, Australia, though fairly sparse.

Common uses: Boat building, Building construction, Building materials, Cabin construction, Canoes, Carvings, Construction, Crossties, Domestic flooring, Excelsior, Factory construction, Factory flooring, Flooring, Heavy construction, Joinery, Lifeboats, Mine timbers, Parquet flooring, Pile-driver cushions, Piling, Poles, Railroad ties, Shipbuilding, Sub-flooring, Utility poles, Woodwork

Environment profile: Status has not been officially assessed

Tree size: Trunk diameter is 250-300 cm

Colors: the heart isReddish brown, Yellowand the sapwoodWhitish, Yellow.The grain isInterlocked, the textureMediumand the lusterMedium

Natural durability: Susceptible to insect attack, Very resistant to termite attack.

Odor: No specific smell or taste

Kiln Drying Rate: Naturally dries slowly

Drying Defects: Internal Honeycombing Possible, Splitting

Ease of Drying: Slowly

Comments: Bark tannin content is estimated at 30 to 32 percent

Blunting Effect: Moderate effect

Boring: Poor results

Carving: Fairly difficult to carve

Cutting Resistance: Moderate to saw

Gluing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Mortising: Very Good to Excellent

Moulding: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Movement in Service: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Nailing: Pre-Boring Recommended, Very Good to Excellent

Planing: Very Good to Excellent

Resistance to Impregnation: Sapwood is treatable

Response to hand tools: Fairly Difficult to Difficult to Work

Routing recessing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Sanding: Very Good to Excellent Results

Veneering qualities: Suitable for peeling, Suitable for slicing

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

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

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Item Green Dry Metric
Specific Gravity 0,83 0,88
Density 849 kg/m3
Bending Strength 854 1157 kg/cm2
Crushing Strength 155 164 kg/cm2
Hardness 733 kg
Impact Strength 637 675 cm
Shearing Strength kg/cm2
Stiffness 119 1000 kg/cm2
Tangential Shrinkage %
Radial Shrinkage %
Weight kg/m3
Maximum Load cm-kg/cm3
Toughness 156 cm-kg
Static Bending 695 kg/cm2
Item Green Dry English
Bending Strength 12152 16464 psi
Crushing Strength 2215 2342 psi
Density 53 lbs/ft3
Hardness 1617 lbs
Impact Strength 251 266 inches
Maximum Crushing Strength 7507 8908 psi
Static Bending 9898 psi
Stiffness 1705 1000 psi
Toughness 136 inch-lbs
Specific Gravity 0.83 0.88
Weight 53 43. lbs/ft3


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