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Ironbark
Ironbark (Eucalyptus nitens)

Family: Myrtaceae

Common names: Ironbark, Nitens gum, Shining gum

Distributed in: Australia (Oceania and S.E. Asia)

Distribution overview: Australia, including Tasmania.

Environment profile: Status has not been officially assessed

Tree size: Trunk diameter is 200-250 cm

Colors: the heart isWhitish, Yellowish tanThe grain isStraight, the textureUniform

Natural durability: Susceptible to insect attack, Very durable

Kiln Drying Rate: Naturally dries slowly

Drying Defects: Distortion, Splitting

Ease of Drying: Thick Stock Requires Care

Comments: Light Moderate Strength Tough

Blunting Effect: Moderate

Boring: Fairly difficult to very difficult

Carving: Poor to Very Poor Results

Cutting Resistance: Fairly Difficult to Very Difficult to saw

Gluing: Surface Preparation

Mortising: Fairly Difficult to Very Difficult

Moulding: Fairly Difficult to Very Difficult

Movement in Service: Fairly Difficult to Very Difficult

Nailing: Pre-Boring Recommended

Planing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Resistance to Impregnation: Resistant sapwood

Response to hand tools: Torn grain is a common problem

Routing recessing: Fairly Difficult to Very Difficult

Sanding: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Steam bending: Unsuitable

Screwing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy, Pre-boring recommended; Turning: Fairly Difficult to Very Difficult

Polishing: Very Good to Excellent;

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Item Green Dry Metric
Specific Gravity
Density 689 kg/m3
Bending Strength 619 985 kg/cm2
Crushing Strength 58 73 kg/cm2
Hardness 582 kg
Impact Strength cm
Shearing Strength 124 kg/cm2
Stiffness 103 128 1000 kg/cm2
Tangential Shrinkage %
Radial Shrinkage %
Weight kg/m3
Maximum Load cm-kg/cm3
Toughness 157 cm-kg
Static Bending 380 613 kg/cm2
Item Green Dry English
Bending Strength 8805 14014 psi
Crushing Strength 834 1049 psi
Density 43 lbs/ft3
Hardness 1284 lbs
Maximum Crushing Strength 4439 8173 psi
Shearing Strength 1769 psi
Static Bending 5410 8722 psi
Stiffness 1470 1823 1000 psi
Toughness 137 inch-lbs
Specific Gravity 0.49 0.59


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.
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