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BRAZILIAN ROSEWOOD / TAMARINDO
TAMARINDO/BRAZYLIAN ROSEWOOD
Scientific Name:Dialium Guianense
Description:
Brazilian Rosewood, also known as Tamarindo, is
very hard and resistant wood similar to Jatoba. Its hardwood is Salmon
colored and features occasional dark striping. With light exposure
coloration will slightly change to a nice range of darker pink and red
tones. It has tight grain and smooth surface. Brazilian Rosewood is less
photosensitive than Brazilian Cherry and will retain more of its initial
color. It is also more uniform and lighter in color.
Properties:
Rosewood is hard, dense and very durable. Due to
high resistant to marine borers frequently used in marine applications.
Has a small 1% - 2% silica content. Has very high bending and crushing
strength.
Janka Hardness: 3000
Tamarindo is one of the hardest species. It is
about 132% harder than red oak, 36% harder than Cabreuva and 27% harder
than Jatoba.
Workability:
Fairly easy to work with.
Uses:
Boat building (general), Bridge beams, Bridge
construction, Domestic flooring, Doors, Flooring: commercial heavy
traffic, Flooring: industrial heavy traffic, Foundation posts,
Furniture, Handles: woodworking tools, Heavy construction, Ladders,
Light construction, Marine construction, Mine timbers, Parquet flooring,
Pile-driver cushions, Piling, Poles, Posts, Pulp/Paper products,
Railroad ties, Roofing, Sporting Goods, Stakes, Structural work,
Sub-flooring, Tool handles, Truck bodies, Turnery, Vats, Vehicle parts,
Veneer: decorative.
|
Item |
Green |
Dry |
English |
| Bending
Strength |
21,006 |
27,934 |
psi |
| Density |
|
60 |
lbs/ft3 |
| Hardness |
|
3000 |
lbs |
| Impact
Strength |
|
74 |
inches |
| Max Crushing
Strength |
10,400 |
14,469 |
psi |
| Shearing
Strength |
|
1,742 |
psi |
| Stiffness |
2,475 |
2,930 |
1000psi |
| Toughness |
|
0 |
inch-lbs |
| Work to Max
Load |
0 |
0 |
inch-lbs/in3 |
| Weight |
59 |
47 |
lbs/ft3 |
| Radial
Shrinkage |
5 |
|
% |
| Tangential
Shrinkage |
9 |
|
% |
| Volumetric
Shrinkage |
13 |
|
% |
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