Northern brush mararie (Geissois biagiana)
Family: Cunoniaceae
Common names: Northern brush mararie
Distributed in: Australia (Oceania and S.E. Asia)
Distribution overview: New South Wales in Australia.
Common uses: Building construction, Building materials, Cabinetmaking, Construction, Furniture , Furniture components, Furniture squares or stock, Handles, Joinery, Plywood, Rough construction, Turnery, Veneer
Environment profile: Status has not been officially assessed
Tree size: Trunk diameter is 100-150 cm
Colors: the heart isWhite, Yellowand the sapwoodWhite to yellow, Yellow.The grain isWeak (figure), the textureUniformand the lusterMedium
Natural durability: Perishable, Susceptible to insect attack
Kiln Drying Rate: Slow
Drying Defects: Distortion, Splitting
Ease of Drying: Slowly
Blunting Effect: Little
Boring: Fairly easy to very easy
Cutting Resistance: Easy to saw
Gluing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy
Mortising: Very Good to Excellent
Moulding: Very Good to Excellent
Movement in Service: Very Good to Excellent
Nailing: Fairly Difficult to Very Difficult
Planing: Very Good to Excellent
Resistance to Impregnation: Resistant sapwood
Response to hand tools: Easy to machine
Veneering qualities: Veneers easily, Veneers moderately easy
Turning: Very Good to Excellent Results
Painting: Very Good to Excellent; Polishing: Very Good to Excellent; Staining: Very Good to Excellent; Varnishing: Very Good to Excellent;
- Numerical data Metric
- Numerical data English
- Strength properties
- References
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Item |
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Dry |
Metric |
Specific Gravity |
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Density |
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544 |
kg/m3 |
Bending Strength |
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950 |
kg/cm2 |
Crushing Strength |
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474 |
kg/cm2 |
Hardness |
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384 |
kg |
Impact Strength |
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cm |
Shearing Strength |
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kg/cm2 |
Stiffness |
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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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100 |
cm-kg |
Static Bending |
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kg/cm2 |
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 |  |  |  | Item | Green | Dry | English | Bending Strength | | 13524 | psi | Density | | 34 | lbs/ft3 | Hardness | | 848 | lbs | Maximum Crushing Strength | | 6752 | psi | Toughness | | 87 | inch-lbs | Weight | 33 | 27. | lbs/ft3 | |
Bolza, E. and N.H. Kloot.1963.The Mechanical Properties of 174 Australian Timbers.Division of Forest Products Technological Paper No. 25.Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization, Melbourne, Australia.Kloot, N.H. and E. Bolza. 1961. Properties of Timbers Imported into Australia. Division of Forest Products Technological Paper No. 12. Commonwealth scientific and Industrial Research Organization, Melbourne, Australia.Wallis, N.K. 1956. Australian Timber Handbook. Sponsored by The Timber Development Association of Australia. Angus & Robertson, Ltd., 89 Castlereagh Street, Sydney, Australia.
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