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Poplar

Scientific name:
Origin:
Tree size:

Common use:

General Information

Liriodendron tulipifera

North America

130-160 ft (40-50 m) tall,

6-8 ft (1.8-2.5 m) trunk diameter

Joinery - Interior

Furniture

Flooring

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Technical Information

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

455 (kg/m3) 

0.40, 0.46

2,400 N

69.7 MPa

10.90 GPa

38.2 MPa

Radial: 4.6%

Tangential: 8.2%

Volumetric: 12.7%

T/R Ratio: 1.8

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