American Alaska Cedar (Yellow Cedar) Wood

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American Alaska Cedar (Yellow Cedar) Wood
Categories:	Wood and Natural Products; Wood; Softwood
Material Notes:	Conifer Property values marked by an asterisk (*) have been taken from an unusually old reference source.
Key Words:	Chamaecyparis nootkatensis; Lumber, Timber
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Mechanical Properties	Original Value	Comments

Hardness, Wood Indentation	1800 N	Side. Force required to imbed a 0.444 inch steel ball to one-half its diameter
	2300 N	End. Force required to imbed a 0.444 inch steel ball to one-half its diameter
Tensile Strength, Ultimate	260 psi	Perpendicular to Grain*
Modulus of Rupture	6.20 ksi	Static Bending*
Flexural Yield Strength	3600 psi	Fiber Stress at Elastic Limit; Static Bending*
Flexural Modulus	960 ksi	Static Bending*
Compressive Strength	410 psi	Perpendicular to Grain*
	2390 psi	Parallel to Grain*
	2880 psi	Max Crushing Strength Parallel to Grain*
Shear Strength	820 psi	Parallel to Grain*
Impact	3.2	in-lb/in³; Work to Elastic Limit; Unseasoned Sample; Impact Bending*
	8600	psi; Fiber Stress at Elastic Limit; Unseasoned Sample; Impact Bending*
Work to Elastic Limit	0.770 in-lb/in³	Static Bending*
Work to Maximum Load	9.50 in-lb/in³	Static Bending*

Thermal Properties	Original Value	Comments
Thermal Conductivity	0.750 BTU-in/hr-ft²-°F	Oven Dry
	0.900 BTU-in/hr-ft²-°F	12% Moisture Content
Shrinkage	2.8 %	Radial, from green to oven dry
	6.0 %	Tangential, from green to oven dry
	9.2 %	Volumetric, from green to oven dry

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