American Balsam Fir Wood

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American Balsam Fir Wood
Categories:	Wood and Natural Products; Wood; Softwood
Material Notes:	Softwood. Relatively easy to work with hand tools. Data is based on small, clear, air-dried samples unless specified. Property values marked by an asterisk (*) have been taken from an unusually old reference source.
Key Words:	Abies balsamea; Lumber, Timber
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Physical Properties	Metric	English	Comments

Density	0.340 g/cc	0.0123 lb/in³	Oven Dry Weight/Unseasoned Volume
	0.721 g/cc	0.0260 lb/in³	Unseasoned*
Cell Length	3.50 mm	0.138 in	Mature Wood

Mechanical Properties	Metric	English	Comments
Hardness, Wood Indentation	1300 N	292 lb (f)	End. Force required to imbed a 0.444 inch steel ball to one-half its diameter
	1300 N	292 lb (f)	Side. Force required to imbed a 0.444 inch steel ball to one-half its diameter
Tensile Strength, Ultimate	1.24 MPa	180 psi	Perpendicular to Grain*
Modulus of Rupture	0.0338 GPa	4.90 ksi	Static Bending*
	0.0520 GPa	7.54 ksi	In Bending
Flexural Yield Strength	20.7 MPa	3000 psi	Fiber Stress at Elastic Limit; Static Bending*
	35.9 MPa	5210 psi	Bending stress at proportional limit
Flexural Modulus	6.62 GPa	960 ksi	Static Bending*
	8.30 GPa	1200 ksi	In Bending
Compressive Strength	1.45 MPa	210 psi	Perpendicular to Grain*
	15.3 MPa	2220 psi	Parallel to Grain*
	16.5 MPa	2400 psi	Max Crushing Strength Parallel to Grain*
	31.0 MPa	4500 psi	Parallel to Grain
Shear Strength	4.21 MPa	610 psi	Parallel to Grain*
Impact	2.3	2.3	in-lb/in³; Work to Elastic Limit; Unseasoned Sample; Impact Bending*
	6900	6900	psi; Fiber Stress at Elastic Limit; Unseasoned Sample; Impact Bending*
Work to Elastic Limit	0.00359 J/cm³	0.520 in-lb/in³	Static Bending*
Work to Maximum Load	0.0324 J/cm³	4.70 in-lb/in³	Static Bending*

Thermal Properties	Metric	English	Comments
CTE, linear	3.70 µm/m-°C @Temperature 20.0 °C	2.06 µin/in-°F @Temperature 68.0 °F	Axial. Typical value for Fir.
	15.8 µm/m-°C @Temperature 20.0 °C	8.78 µin/in-°F @Temperature 68.0 °F	Radial; Typical value for Fir.
	58.4 µm/m-°C @Temperature 20.0 °C	32.4 µin/in-°F @Temperature 68.0 °F	Tangential. Typical value for Fir.
Thermal Conductivity	0.0908 W/m-K	0.630 BTU-in/hr-ft²-°F	Oven Dry
	0.108 W/m-K	0.750 BTU-in/hr-ft²-°F	12% Moisture Content
Shrinkage	2.8 %	2.8 %	Radial; Unseasoned to Oven Dry*
	6.6 %	6.6 %	Tangential; Unseasoned to Oven Dry*
	10.3 %	10.3 %	Volumetric; Unseasoned to Oven Dry*

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