Ateang (Hopea ferrea)
Family: Dipterocarpaceae
Common names: Ateang, Atteang, Chegal batu, Chengal batu, Chengal laki, Ching chaap, Kian saai, Koki thmar, Lao tao, Mach, Malaut, Malut, Mulut, Roteang, Sang, Sang da, Sang dao, Takhian hin, Takhian nu, Takhian-hin
Distributed in: Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam (Oceania and S.E. Asia)
Common uses: Heavy construction
Tree size: Trunk diameter is 100-150 cm
Colors: the heart isReddish brown, Yellow to golden-yellow to orangeand the sapwoodPaler than heartwood, Red.The grain isStraight, the textureStripe (figure)
Natural durability: Very durable, Very durable
Kiln Drying Rate: Naturally dries quickly
Drying Defects: Distortion, Splitting
Ease of Drying: Reconditioning Treatement
Tree Identification: Bole/stem form is misshapen
Boring: Fairly easy to very easy
Carving: Poor to Very Poor Results
Cutting Resistance: Easy to saw
Mortising: Fairly Difficult to Very Difficult
Moulding: Fairly Difficult to Very Difficult
Movement in Service: Fairly Difficult to Very Difficult
Planing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy
Response to hand tools: Fairly Difficult to Difficult to Work
Sanding: Fairly Difficult to Very Difficult
Turning: Fairly Difficult to Very Difficult
Polishing: Fair to Good;
- Numerical data Metric
- Numerical data English
- Strength properties
- References
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Item |
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Specific Gravity |
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Density |
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833 |
kg/m3 |
Bending Strength |
1212 |
1765 |
kg/cm2 |
Crushing Strength |
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kg/cm2 |
Hardness |
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1192 |
kg |
Impact Strength |
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cm |
Shearing Strength |
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177 |
kg/cm2 |
Stiffness |
166 |
193 |
1000 kg/cm2 |
Tangential Shrinkage |
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Radial Shrinkage |
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Maximum Load |
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Toughness |
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Static Bending |
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 |  |  |  | Item | Green | Dry | English | Bending Strength | 17241 | 25113 | psi | Density | | 52 | lbs/ft3 | Hardness | | 2628 | lbs | Shearing Strength | | 2525 | psi | Stiffness | 2373 | 2752 | 1000 psi | Weight | 51 | 49 | lbs/ft3 | |
Density (dry weight) = 67-75 lbs/cu. ft. Density (dry weight) = 61-67 lbs/cu. ft. Density (dry weight) = 53-60 lbs/cu. ft. Shearing strength (parallel to grain) = medium Shearing strength (parallel to grain) = high Modulus of Elasticity (stiffness) = very high Modulus of Elasticity (stiffness) = high Hardness (side grain) = very hard Hardness (side grain) = hard Bending strength (MOR) = very high Bending strength (MOR) = high
Chudnoff, M.,1984,Tropical Timbers of the World,U.S.A. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Forest Products,Laboratory, Madison.Fundter, J.M.,1982,Names for Dipterocarp timbers and trees from Asia,Pudoc, Wageningen, NetherlandsI. Soerianegara and R.H.M.J. Lemmens (Editors,1993,Plant Resources of South-East Asia 5,(PROSEA, 1,Timber trees: Major commercial timbers,Pudoc Scientific Publishers, Wageningen 1993Sono, P.,1974,Merchantable Timbers of Thailand.,Forest Products Research Division, Royal Forest Department, Bangkok,,Thailand.
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