North American White Fir Wood

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North American White Fir Wood
Categories:	Wood and Natural Products; Wood; Softwood
Material Notes:	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 concolor; Lumber, Timber
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Physical Properties	Metric	English	Comments

Density	0.350 g/cc	0.0126 lb/in³	Oven Dry Weight/Unseasoned Volume
	0.753 g/cc	0.0272 lb/in³	Unseasoned*

Mechanical Properties	Metric	English	Comments
Hardness, Wood Indentation	1500 N	337 lb (f)	Side. Force required to imbed a 0.444 inch steel ball to one-half its diameter
	1700 N	382 lb (f)	End. Force required to imbed a 0.444 inch steel ball to one-half its diameter
	2100 N	472 lb (f)	Side
Tensile Strength, Ultimate	1.79 MPa	260 psi	Perpendicular to Grain*
	1.80 MPa	261 psi	Perpendicular to Grain
Modulus of Rupture	0.0414 GPa	6.00 ksi	Static Bending*
	0.0640 GPa	9.28 ksi	Static Bending
Flexural Yield Strength	26.9 MPa	3900 psi	Fiber Stress at Elastic Limit; Static Bending*
Flexural Modulus	7.79 GPa	1130 ksi	Static Bending*
	9.52 GPa	1380 ksi	Static Bending
Compressive Strength	3.03 MPa	440 psi	Perpendicular to Grain*
	4.10 MPa	595 psi	Perpendicular to Grain
	18.0 MPa	2610 psi	Parallel to Grain*
	19.3 MPa	2800 psi	Max Crushing Strength Parallel to Grain*
	37.0 MPa	5370 psi	Parallel to Grain
Shear Strength	5.03 MPa	730 psi	Parallel to Grain*
	6.40 MPa	928 psi	Orientation Unknown
Impact	2.2	2.2	in-lb/in³; Work to Elastic Limit; Unseasoned Sample; Impact Bending*
	7200	7200	psi; Fiber Stress at Elastic Limit; Unseasoned Sample; Impact Bending*
Work to Elastic Limit	0.00531 J/cm³	0.770 in-lb/in³	Static Bending*
Work to Maximum Load	0.0359 J/cm³	5.20 in-lb/in³	Static Bending*
Toughness	14.7 J	10.8 ft-lb	Radial
	22.6 J	16.7 ft-lb	Tangential
Cleavage	25.0 kN/m	143 lb/in	Radial surface of failure, Unseasoned*
	33.0 kN/m	188 lb/in	Tangential surface of failure, Unseasoned*

Thermal Properties	Metric	English	Comments
Thermal Conductivity	0.0980 W/m-K	0.680 BTU-in/hr-ft²-°F	Oven Dry
	0.118 W/m-K	0.820 BTU-in/hr-ft²-°F	12% Moisture Content
Shrinkage	3.2 %	3.2 %	Radial; Green to Zero Moisture
	7.1 %	7.1 %	Tangential; Green to Zero Moisture
	9.8 %	9.8 %	Volumetric; Green to Zero Moisture

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