American Basswood Wood

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American Basswood Wood
Categories:	Wood and Natural Products; Wood; Hardwood
Material Notes:	Hardwood. Easy to work with hand tools. Fair planing, poor shaping, poor steam bending. Data is based on small, clear, air-dried samples unless specified. Usual surface texture: Fine Dimensional changes when dried lumber is subjected to variations in humidity during service: Medium Resistance to fungal decay (Heartwood in ground contact): Non-durable (5 to 10 years) Resistance to penetration by preservatives: Permeable Common Applications: Constructional veneer, turnery, piano keys, woodware Property values marked by an asterisk (*) have been taken from an unusually old reference source.
Key Words:	Tilia americana; Lumber, Timber
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Physical Properties	Metric	English	Comments

Density	0.320 g/cc	0.0116 lb/in³	Oven Dry Weight/Unseasoned Volume
	0.657 g/cc	0.0237 lb/in³	Unseasoned*

Mechanical Properties	Metric	English	Comments
Hardness, Wood Indentation	1100 N	247 lb (f)	Side. Force required to imbed a 0.444 inch steel ball to one-half its diameter
	1200 N	270 lb (f)	End. Force required to imbed a 0.444 inch steel ball to one-half its diameter
	1800 N	405 lb (f)	Side
Tensile Strength, Ultimate	1.93 MPa	280 psi	Perpendicular to Grain*
	2.40 MPa	348 psi	Perpendicular to Grain
Modulus of Rupture	0.0345 GPa	5.00 ksi	Static Bending*
	0.0600 GPa	8.70 ksi	In Bending
Flexural Yield Strength	18.6 MPa	2700 psi	Fiber Stress at Elastic Limit; Static Bending*
	40.7 MPa	5900 psi	Bending stress at proportional limit
Flexural Modulus	7.10 GPa	1030 ksi	Static Bending*
	10.1 - 10.3 GPa	1460 - 1490 ksi	In Bending
Compressive Strength	1.45 MPa	210 psi	Perpendicular to Grain*
	2.60 MPa	377 psi	Perpendicular to Grain
	11.8 MPa	1710 psi	Parallel to Grain*
	15.2 MPa	2210 psi	Max Crushing Strength Parallel to Grain*
	32.4 - 33.0 MPa	4700 - 4790 psi	Parallel to Grain
Poissons Ratio	0.022	0.022	µ_TL, 12% Moisture Content
	0.034	0.034	µ_RL, 12% Moisture Content
	0.346	0.346	µ_TR, 12% Moisture Content
	0.364	0.364	µ_LR, 12% Moisture Content
	0.406	0.406	µ_LT, 12% Moisture Content
	0.912	0.912	µ_RT, 12% Moisture Content
Machinability	100 %	100 %	Good Relative to Other Wood
Shear Strength	4.21 MPa	610 psi	Parallel to Grain*
	6.80 MPa	986 psi	Orientation Unknown
Impact	2.0	2.0	in-lb/in³; Work to Elastic Limit; Unseasoned Sample; Impact Bending*
	6200	6200	psi; Fiber Stress at Elastic Limit; Unseasoned Sample; Impact Bending*
Work to Elastic Limit	0.00290 J/cm³	0.420 in-lb/in³	Static Bending*
Work to Maximum Load	0.0359 J/cm³	5.20 in-lb/in³	Static Bending*
Cleavage	23.0 kN/m	131 lb/in	Radial surface of failure, Unseasoned*
	29.0 kN/m	165 lb/in	Tangential surface of failure, Unseasoned*

Thermal Properties	Metric	English	Comments
Thermal Conductivity	0.0922 W/m-K	0.640 BTU-in/hr-ft²-°F	Oven Dry
	0.111 W/m-K	0.770 BTU-in/hr-ft²-°F	12% Moisture Content
Shrinkage	6.6 %	6.6 %	Radial; Green to Zero Moisture
	9.3 %	9.3 %	Tangential; Green to Zero Moisture
	15.8 %	15.8 %	Volumetric; Green to Zero Moisture

Descriptive Properties
Color	Creamy white to pale brown		Usual for heartwood

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