Wood inspector

Item	Green	Dry	Metric
Specific Gravity
Density		849	kg/m3
Bending Strength	1212	1765	kg/cm2
Crushing Strength	622	859	kg/cm2
Hardness		1298	kg
Impact Strength			cm
Shearing Strength		196	kg/cm2
Stiffness	171	199	1000 kg/cm2
Tangential Shrinkage			%
Radial Shrinkage	5		%
Weight	833	833	kg/m3
Maximum Load	0,84	1,19	cm-kg/cm3
Toughness		288	cm-kg
Static Bending			kg/cm2

Density (dry weight) = 61< 0
Bending strength (MOR) = high 0
Max crushing strength (stiffness) = very high 1
Max. crushing strength = high
Shrinkage, Tangential = fairly large
Density (dry weight) = 53-60
Toughness -hammer drop = medium
Shrinkage, Tangential = large
Shrinkage, Radial = fairly large
Hardness (side grain) = Hard
Density (dry weight) = 46-52 lbs/cu. ft.

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