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Common European silver fir
Common European silver fir (Abies alba)

Family: Pinaceae

Common names: Common European silver fir, Common fir, Common silver fir, European silver fir, European silver pine, Silver fir, Silvergrain, Swiss pine, White deal, Whitewood, Whitewood fir

Distributed in: Estonia, France, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom (Western Europe)

Common uses: Boat building: masts, Boxes and crates, Carvings, Chemical derivatives, Flooring, Food containers, Fuelwood, Joinery, Ladders, Light construction, Mine timbers, Musical instruments, Musical instruments: piano, Plywood, Poles, Posts, Pulp/Paper products

Tree size: Trunk diameter is 200-250 cm

Colors: the heart isYellow, Yellow to golden-yellow to orangeand the sapwoodWhite to yellow, Yellow.The grain isStraight, the textureMediumand the lusterSlightly lustrous

Natural durability: Perishable, Resistant to attack from pinworms (ambrosia beetles)

Kiln Schedules: UK=K US=T13C4S/T11D3S -

Kiln Drying Rate: Naturally dries quickly

Drying Defects: Slight twist/warp, Splitting

Ease of Drying: Rapidly

Tree Identification: Bole/stem form is straight

Comments: General finishing qualities are rated as good

Gluing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Nailing: Pre-Boring Recommended, Very Good to Excellent

Planing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Resistance to Impregnation: Sapwood is permeable

Response to hand tools: Easy to machine

Screwing: Easy to screw, Fairly Easy to Very Easy;

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

  • Numerical data Metric
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Item Green Dry Metric
Specific Gravity
Density 528 kg/m3
Bending Strength 429 674 kg/cm2
Crushing Strength 275 449 kg/cm2
Hardness 144 kg
Impact Strength 55 cm
Shearing Strength 85 kg/cm2
Stiffness 71 84 1000 kg/cm2
Tangential Shrinkage %
Radial Shrinkage 2 %
Weight 512 416 kg/m3
Maximum Load 0,35 0,49 cm-kg/cm3
Toughness 192 cm-kg
Static Bending kg/cm2
Item Green Dry English
Bending Strength 6111 9589 psi
Density 33 lbs/ft3
Hardness 319 lbs
Impact Strength 22 inches
Maximum Crushing Strength 3916 6397 psi
Shearing Strength 1221 psi
Stiffness 1017 1199 1000 psi
Toughness 167 inch-lbs
Work to Maximum Load 5 7 inch-lbs/in3
Weight 32 26 lbs/ft3
Radial Shrinkage 2 %
Tangential Shrinkage 6 %

Density (dry weight) = 38-45 lbs/cu. ft.
Shrinkage, Radial = very small
Work to Maximum Load = very low
Shrinkage, Tangential = small
Modulus of Elasticity (stiffness) = very low
Max. crushing strength = medium
Hardness (side grain) = very soft
Density (dry weight) = 31-37 lbs/cu. ft.
Density (dry weight) = 23-30 lbs/cu. ft.
Bending strength (MOR) = low
Toughness-Hammer drop (Impact Strength) = very low
Toughness-Hammer drop (Impact Strength) = low
Toughness (total work) = low
Shrinkage, Tangential = very small
Shrinkage, Tangential = moderate
Shearing strength (parallel to grain) = very low
Shearing strength (parallel to grain) = low
Density (dry weight) = 15-22 lbs/cu. ft.

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