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CayCay
Cay (Irvingia oliveri)

Family: Simaroubaceae

Common names: Cay, Chambak, Tuang-thayet

Distributed in: Burma, Cambodia, India (Oceania and S.E. Asia)

Common uses: Heavy construction, Light construction

Environment profile: Vulnerable

Tree size: Tree height is 10-20 m

Colors: the heart isWhite to cream, Yellow to golden-yellow to orangeand the sapwoodColor not distinct from heartwood, White.The grain isStraight, the textureMediumand the lusterHigh

Natural durability: Perishable, Susceptible to attack from termites (Isoptera)

Ease of Drying: Slowly

Boring: Fairly easy to very easy

Carving: Very Good to Excellent Results

Cutting Resistance: Easy to saw

Gluing: Very Good to Excellent Results

Mortising: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Moulding: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Movement in Service: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Nailing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy, Very Good to Excellent

Planing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Resistance to Impregnation: Resistant sapwood

Response to hand tools: Responds Readily

Routing recessing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Screwing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy, Very Good to Excellent Results; Turning: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

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

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Item Green Dry Metric
Specific Gravity
Density kg/m3
Bending Strength 1212 1765 kg/cm2
Crushing Strength kg/cm2
Hardness 1333 kg
Impact Strength cm
Shearing Strength kg/cm2
Stiffness 1000 kg/cm2
Tangential Shrinkage %
Radial Shrinkage %
Weight kg/m3
Maximum Load cm-kg/cm3
Toughness cm-kg
Static Bending kg/cm2
Item Green Dry English
Bending Strength 17241 25113 psi
Hardness 2940 lbs
Maximum Crushing Strength 5408 8171 psi

Max. crushing strength = medium
Max. crushing strength = high
Hardness (side grain) = very hard
Bending strength (MOR) = very high
Bending strength (MOR) = high

Anon,1963,Indian Woods: Their Identification, Properties and uses. Vol.II Linaceae,to Moringaceae,Manager of Publications, Delhi, IndiaFrance - Comite Nacional des Bois Coloniaux,1931,Etude Physique et Mecanique des Bois Coloniaux,Assoc. Colonies-Sciences & Comite National des Bios Coloniaux, Paris,,FranceSallenave, P.,1955,Proprietes Phyiques et Mecaniques des Bois Tropicaux de l'Union Francaise,C.T.F.T
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