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Padauk

Scientific name:
Origin:
Tree size:

Common use:

General Information

Pterocarpus soyauxii

Africa

100-130 ft (30-40 m) tall,

2-4 ft (.6-1.2 m) trunk diameter

Joinery - Exterior

Joinery - Interior

Flooring

Padauk.jpg

Technical Information

Density :
Specific Gravity:
Janka Hardness:
Modulus of rupture:
Elastic Modulas:
Crushing Strength:
Shrinkage: 

 

745 (kg/m3) 

0.61, 0.75

8,760 N

116.0 MPa

11.72 GPa

56.0 MPa

Radial: 3.3%

Tangential: 5.2%

Volumetric: 7.6%

 T/R Ratio: 1.6

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