Acoita cavalo do miuda (Luehea divaricata)
Family: Tiliaceae
Common names: Acoita cavalo do miuda, Acoita-cavallo branco, Acoita-cavalo, Acouta cavallo, Azota caballo, Ba-tingui, Caa-o-veti, Caa-o-veti-guazu, Caa-obeti, Cabeti, Caiboti, Caoveti, Estribeiro, Estriveira, Francisco alverez, Guacimo, Horsewhipwood, Ibatingui, Ibitinga, Ivitinga, Ivitingui, Madera de latigo, Mutumba-preta, Soita cavalo, Soita-cavallo, Sota caballo, Uacima do campo
Distributed in: Argentina, Brazil (Latin America)
Common uses: Agricultural implements, Boxes and crates, Brush backs & handles, Cabinetmaking, Chairs, Cooperages, Flooring, Flooring: industrial heavy traffic, Furniture, Heavy construction, Joinery, Light construction, Musical instruments, Plywood, Posts, Structural work, Tool handles, Toothpicks, Turnery
Tree size: Tree height is 20-30 m
Colors: the heart isPale brown, Pale red to pinkand the sapwoodColor not distinct from heartwood
.The grain isStraight, the textureMedium coarse to coarseand the lusterPronounced
Natural durability: Resistant to powder post beetles, Susceptible to insect attack
Kiln Schedules: Dry at a slow speed
Drying Defects: Distortion, Splitting
Ease of Drying: Moderately Difficult to Difficult
Comments: General finishing qualities are rated as good
Blunting Effect: High to severe
Boring: Fairly difficult to very difficult
Cutting Resistance: Fairly Difficult to Very Difficult to saw
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: Fairly Difficult to Very Difficult
Painting: Satisfactory; Polishing: Fair to Good; Staining: Finish is generally satisfactory
; Varnishing: Satisfactory
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- Numerical data Metric
- Numerical data English
- Strength properties
- References
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Item |
Green |
Dry |
Metric |
Specific Gravity |
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Density |
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592 |
kg/m3 |
Bending Strength |
607 |
949 |
kg/cm2 |
Crushing Strength |
221 |
375 |
kg/cm2 |
Hardness |
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651 |
kg |
Impact Strength |
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cm |
Shearing Strength |
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77 |
kg/cm2 |
Stiffness |
76 |
89 |
1000 kg/cm2 |
Tangential Shrinkage |
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% |
Radial Shrinkage |
3 |
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Weight |
576 |
448 |
kg/m3 |
Maximum Load |
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cm-kg/cm3 |
Toughness |
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cm-kg |
Static Bending |
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kg/cm2 |
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 |  |  |  | Item | Green | Dry | English | Bending Strength | 8644 | 13499 | psi | Density | | 37 | lbs/ft3 | Hardness | | 1437 | lbs | Maximum Crushing Strength | 3155 | 5334 | psi | Shearing Strength | | 1107 | psi | Stiffness | 1085 | 1272 | 1000 psi | Weight | 36 | 28 | lbs/ft3 | Radial Shrinkage | 3 | | % | Tangential Shrinkage | 9 | | % | |
Shrinkage, Tangential = fairly large Shrinkage, Radial = small Modulus of Elasticity (stiffness) = very low Max. crushing strength = medium Bending strength (MOR) = medium Max. crushing strength = low Density (dry weight) = 38-45 lbs/cu. ft. Bending strength (MOR) = low Shearing strength (parallel to grain) = very low Hardness (side grain) = medium Density (dry weight) = 31-37 lbs/cu. ft. Shearing strength (parallel to grain) = low Modulus of Elasticity (stiffness) = low Hardness (side grain) = soft Bending strength (MOR) = high
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