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Kelat
Kelat (Eugenia dyeriana)

Family:

Common names: Dangkhao, Kelat, Mao

Distributed in: Fiji, India, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Thailand (Oceania and S.E. Asia)

Distribution overview: Indo-Malayan region, extending into the western Pacific islands.

Common uses: Beams, Bridge beams, Bridge construction, Bridge joists, Building materials, Crossties, Domestic flooring, Factory flooring, Flooring, Foundation posts, Marine construction, Parquet flooring, Pile-driver cushions, Piling, Poles, Posts, Rafters, Railroad ties, Roofing, Shipbuilding, Stakes, Structural work, Sub-flooring, Utility poles, Wharf construction

Product sources: Some species in the genus are reported to yield edible fruit, while others have an inner bark that produce tannin for curing leather and for toughening nets.

Environment profile: Vulnerable

Tree size: Trunk diameter is 150-200 cm

Colors: the heart isRed, Yellowand the sapwoodWhite, Yellow.The grain isWavy, the textureModerately fine and even and the lusterSlightly lustrous

Natural durability: Susceptible to insect attack, Very durable

Odor: No specific smell or taste

Kiln Drying Rate: Rapid

Drying Defects: Moderate surface checking, Splitting

Ease of Drying: Slowly

Comments: Variable weight

Blunting Effect: Little

Boring: Fairly easy to very easy

Carving: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Cutting Resistance: Saws cleanly with moderate blutning of cutting edges

Gluing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Mortising: Very Good to Excellent

Moulding: Very Good to Excellent

Movement in Service: Very Good to Excellent

Nailing: Pre-boring recommended, Tends to split during nailing

Planing: Very Good to Excellent

Resistance to Impregnation: Resistant sapwood

Response to hand tools: Responds well to hand tools

Routing recessing: Very Good to Excellent Results

Sanding: Very Good to Excellent Results

Screwing: Fairly Difficult to Very Difficult, Fairly Easy to Very Easy; Turning: Yields clean surfaces

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

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Item Green Dry Metric
Specific Gravity 0,61
Density 641 kg/m3
Bending Strength 668 971 kg/cm2
Crushing Strength 344 529 kg/cm2
Hardness 406 kg
Impact Strength cm
Shearing Strength 95 kg/cm2
Stiffness 107 125 1000 kg/cm2
Tangential Shrinkage 8 %
Radial Shrinkage 4 %
Weight kg/m3
Maximum Load cm-kg/cm3
Toughness 131 cm-kg
Static Bending 430 589 kg/cm2
Item Green Dry English
Bending Strength 9506 13818 psi
Density 40 lbs/ft3
Hardness 897 lbs
Maximum Crushing Strength 4900 7526 psi
Shearing Strength 1352 psi
Static Bending 6125 8389 psi
Stiffness 1529 1784 1000 psi
Toughness 114 inch-lbs
Specific Gravity 0.61
Radial Shrinkage 4 %
Tangential Shrinkage 8 %
Volumetric Shrinkage 15 %


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