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	Original Value	Comments

Density	0.320 g/cc	Oven Dry Weight/Unseasoned Volume
	41.0 lb/ft³	Unseasoned*

Mechanical Properties	Original Value	Comments
Hardness, Wood Indentation	1100 N	Side. Force required to imbed a 0.444 inch steel ball to one-half its diameter
	1200 N	End. Force required to imbed a 0.444 inch steel ball to one-half its diameter
	1800 N	Side
Tensile Strength, Ultimate	2.40 MPa	Perpendicular to Grain
	280 psi	Perpendicular to Grain*
Modulus of Rupture	0.0600 GPa	In Bending
	5.00 ksi	Static Bending*
Flexural Yield Strength	40.7 MPa	Bending stress at proportional limit
	2700 psi	Fiber Stress at Elastic Limit; Static Bending*
Flexural Modulus	10.1 - 10.3 GPa	In Bending
	1030 ksi	Static Bending*
Compressive Strength	2.60 MPa	Perpendicular to Grain
	32.4 - 33.0 MPa	Parallel to Grain
	210 psi	Perpendicular to Grain*
	1710 psi	Parallel to Grain*
	2210 psi	Max Crushing Strength Parallel to Grain*
Poissons Ratio	0.022	µ_TL, 12% Moisture Content
	0.034	µ_RL, 12% Moisture Content
	0.346	µ_TR, 12% Moisture Content
	0.364	µ_LR, 12% Moisture Content
	0.406	µ_LT, 12% Moisture Content
	0.912	µ_RT, 12% Moisture Content
Machinability	100 %	Good Relative to Other Wood
Shear Strength	6.80 MPa	Orientation Unknown
	610 psi	Parallel to Grain*
Impact	2.0	in-lb/in³; Work to Elastic Limit; Unseasoned Sample; Impact Bending*
	6200	psi; Fiber Stress at Elastic Limit; Unseasoned Sample; Impact Bending*
Work to Elastic Limit	0.420 in-lb/in³	Static Bending*
Work to Maximum Load	5.20 in-lb/in³	Static Bending*
Cleavage	23.0 kN/m	Radial surface of failure, Unseasoned*
	29.0 kN/m	Tangential surface of failure, Unseasoned*

Thermal Properties	Original Value	Comments
Thermal Conductivity	0.640 BTU-in/hr-ft²-°F	Oven Dry
	0.770 BTU-in/hr-ft²-°F	12% Moisture Content
Shrinkage	6.6 %	Radial; Green to Zero Moisture
	9.3 %	Tangential; Green to Zero Moisture
	15.8 %	Volumetric; Green to Zero Moisture

Descriptive Properties
Color	Creamy white to pale brown	Usual for heartwood

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