Broad leaved peppermint (Eucalyptus dives)
Family: Myrtaceae
Common names: Broad leaved peppermint, Ironbark
Distributed in: Australia (Oceania and S.E. Asia)
Distribution overview: Occurs widely on the central and southern tablelands, N.S.W. and A.C.T., and in central-eastern Vic., in open forest and woodland.
Environment profile: Status has not been officially assessed
Tree size: Trunk diameter is 100-150 cm
Colors: the heart isOrange, Yellowand the sapwoodBrown, Yellow.The grain isInterlocked, the textureCoarse
Natural durability: Susceptible to insect attack, Very little natural resistance
Kiln Drying Rate: Naturally dries slowly
Drying Defects: Collapse, Internal Honeycombing Possible
Ease of Drying: Slowly
Comments: Considered fairly light Hard and strong
Gluing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy
Resistance to Impregnation: Resistant sapwood
Response to hand tools: Fairly Difficult to Difficult to Work
- Numerical data Metric
- Numerical data English
- Strength properties
- References
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Item |
Green |
Dry |
Metric |
Specific Gravity |
0,6 |
0,68 |
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Density |
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833 |
kg/m3 |
Bending Strength |
730 |
1095 |
kg/cm2 |
Crushing Strength |
77 |
100 |
kg/cm2 |
Hardness |
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837 |
kg |
Impact Strength |
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cm |
Shearing Strength |
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139 |
kg/cm2 |
Stiffness |
114 |
135 |
1000 kg/cm2 |
Tangential Shrinkage |
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% |
Radial Shrinkage |
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% |
Weight |
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kg/m3 |
Maximum Load |
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cm-kg/cm3 |
Toughness |
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154 |
cm-kg |
Static Bending |
479 |
675 |
kg/cm2 |
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 |  |  |  | Item | Green | Dry | English | Bending Strength | 10388 | 15582 | psi | Crushing Strength | 1098 | 1436 | psi | Density | | 52 | lbs/ft3 | Hardness | | 1847 | lbs | Maximum Crushing Strength | 5429 | 9398 | psi | Shearing Strength | | 1980 | psi | Static Bending | 6821 | 9604 | psi | Stiffness | 1627 | 1931 | 1000 psi | Toughness | | 134 | inch-lbs | Specific Gravity | 0.6 | 0.68 | | Weight | 51 | 42. | lbs/ft3 | |
Bolza, E., Kloot, N. H. 1963. The Mechanical Properties of 174 Australian Timbers. Technological Paper No. 25. Division of Forest Products, Center for Scientific and Industrial Organization (CSIRO, Melbourne, Australia.Hillis, W.E. and A.G. Brown, Editors. 1984. Eucalyptus for Wood Production. Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization, Academic Press, Australia.Penfold, A.R. and J.L. Willis. 1961.The Eucalyptus - Botany, Cultivation, Chemistry, and Utilization.World Crop Books, N. Polunin, General Editor. Leonard Hill [Books] Ltd., London.
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