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Freijo
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Cordia goeldiana
Hub.
BORAGINACEAE
Comercial
Name : Freijo
Other Names : Frei-Jorge, Freijo-Branco, Freijo-Preto, Freijo-Rajado,
Freijo-Verdadeiro, Louro-Freijo
Foreign Name :
Laurel Blanco (Central America)
Freijo (Britain)
Salmwood (Britain)
Pardillo (Venezuela)
Ocurrence
:
Brasil - AM/PA/RO, MA
General Charcteristics :
Color : very palid chestnut
Direction : right Texture : average
Taste : indistinct Smell : indistinct
Density at 15% m.c = 590 Kg/m3
Natural
Durability :
Durabel - resistent to atack of fungus, cupim and marine xilofagos.
Treatability : avergae
Processing Characteristics :
Productivity in Mill : 59.60%
Surfacing : easy Sawing : easy
Shaping: easy Slicing : easy
Unrolling : easy Fixing : easy
Sanding : easy Glueing : easy
Finishing : good Drying: easy without defects
Uses:
Civil Construction - Heavy Internal, Light
Furniture
Shipping
Veneers and Plywoods
Diverse Uses - Sports Articles and toys, Musical Instruments and
their parts
Mouldings, Decorations, Fosforous Matches, stairs.
| |
Green |
Dry |
English |
Green |
Dry |
Metric |
| Bending
Strength |
9245 |
13278 |
psi |
650 |
934 |
kg/cm2 |
| Crushing
Strength |
483 |
880 |
psi |
34 |
62 |
kg/cm2 |
| Max. Crushing
Strength |
13278 |
4665 |
psi |
934 |
328 |
kg/cm2 |
| Static
Bending (FSPL) |
|
|
psi |
|
|
kg/cm2 |
| Impact
Strength |
|
|
inches |
|
|
cm |
| Stiffness |
1210 |
1627 |
1000
psi |
85 |
114 |
1000
kg/cm2 |
| Work to
Maximum Load |
|
12.9 |
inch-lbs/in3 |
|
1 |
cm-kg/cm3 |
| Hardness |
|
997 |
lbs |
|
452 |
kg |
| Shearing
Strength |
|
1345 |
psi |
|
95 |
kg/cm2 |
| Toughness |
|
|
inch-lbs |
|
|
cm-kg |
| Specific
Gravity |
0.48 |
0.59 |
|
0.48 |
0.59 |
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| Weight |
53 |
37 |
lbs/ft3 |
849 |
593 |
kg/cm3 |
| Density
(Air-Dry) |
|
37 |
lbs/ft3 |
|
593 |
kg/cm3 |
| Radial
Shrinkage |
|
4 |
% |
|
4 |
% |
| Tangential
Shrinkage |
|
7 |
% |
|
7 |
% |
| Volumetric
Shrinkage |
|
11 |
% |
|
11 |
% |
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