American Tamarack Wood

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American Tamarack Wood
Categories:	Wood and Natural Products; Wood
Material Notes:	Conifer Property values marked by an asterisk (*) have been taken from an unusually old reference source.
Key Words:	Larix; Lumber, Timber
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Physical Properties	Original Value	Comments

Density	0.490 g/cc	Oven Dry Weight/Unseasoned Volume
	37.0 lb/ft³	Unseasoned*

Mechanical Properties	Original Value	Comments
Hardness, Wood Indentation	1700 N	Side. Force required to imbed a 0.444 inch steel ball to one-half its diameter
	1800 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	7.20 ksi	Static Bending*
Flexural Yield Strength	4200 psi	Fiber Stress at Elastic Limit; Static Bending*
Flexural Modulus	1240 ksi	Static Bending*
Compressive Strength	480 psi	Perpendicular to Grain*
	3010 psi	Parallel to Grain*
	3480 psi	Max Crushing Strength Parallel to Grain*
Shear Strength	860 psi	Parallel to Grain*
Impact	2.7	in-lb/in³; Work to Elastic Limit; Unseasoned Sample; Impact Bending*
	7800	psi; Fiber Stress at Elastic Limit; Unseasoned Sample; Impact Bending*
Work to Elastic Limit	0.840 in-lb/in³	Static Bending*
Work to Maximum Load	7.20 in-lb/in³	Static Bending*
Cleavage	28.0 kN/m	Tangential surface of failure, Unseasoned*
	29.0 kN/m	Radial surface of failure, Unseasoned*

Thermal Properties	Original Value	Comments
Shrinkage	3.7 %	Radial; Unseasoned to Oven Dry*
	7.4 %	Tangential; Unseasoned to Oven Dry*
	12.8 %	Volumetric; Unseasoned to Oven Dry*

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