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The wood is very hard, measuring 5.6 on the Brinell scale and 2,350 lbf (10,500 N) on the Janka scale, approximate measurements of hardness. For comparison, Douglas fir measures 660 lbf (2,900 N), white oak 1,360 lbf (6,000 N), and Brazilian walnut 3,800 lbf (17,000 N) on the Janka scale.
When testing wood in lumber form, the Janka test is always carried out on wood from the tree trunk (known as the heartwood), and the standard sample (according to ASTM D143) is at 12% moisture content and clear of knots. [3] The hardness of wood varies with the direction of the wood grain. Testing on the surface of a plank, perpendicular to the ...
The ripe fruit is light to dark brown with small and regularly spaced light glands, dry, indehiscent, leathery legume of 9–20 cm (3.5–7.9 in) long, 2–6.5 cm (0.79–2.56 in) wide and 2–4.3 cm (0.79–1.69 in) thick, with a rounded base, a slightly pointed tip, and a straight or wavy margin.
Thermally modified wood is engineered wood that has been modified by a controlled pyrolysis process of wood being heated to (> 180 °C) in an oxygen free atmosphere. This process changes to the chemical structures of wood's cell wall components lignin , cellulose and hemicellulose which decreases its hygroscopy and thus increases dimensional ...
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Jatobá may refer to: . Hymenaea courbaril, tree common to the Caribbean, Central, and South America; Jatobá, Maranhão, municipality in Brazil; Jatobá, Pernambuco ...
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