American White Spruce Wood

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American White Spruce Wood
Categories:	Wood and Natural Products; Wood; Softwood
Material Notes:	Large sizes available. Conifer Usual surface texture: Medium Dimensional changes when dried lumber is subjected to variations in humidity during service: Small Resistance to fungal decay (Heartwood in ground contact): Non-durable (5 to 10 years) Resistance to penetration by preservatives: Resistant Common Applications: Construction, joinery Property values marked by an asterisk (*) have been taken from an unusually old reference source.
Key Words:	Picea glauca; Lumber, Timber
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Physical Properties	Original Value	Comments

Density	0.370 g/cc	Oven Dry Weight/Unseasoned Volume
	35.0 lb/ft³	Unseasoned*

Mechanical Properties	Original Value	Comments
Hardness, Wood Indentation	1200 N	Side. Force required to imbed a 0.444 inch steel ball to one-half its diameter
	1300 N	End. Force required to imbed a 0.444 inch steel ball to one-half its diameter
Tensile Strength, Ultimate	200 psi	Perpendicular to Grain*
Modulus of Rupture	5.40 ksi	Static Bending*
Flexural Yield Strength	3300 psi	Fiber Stress at Elastic Limit; Static Bending*
Flexural Modulus	980 ksi	Static Bending*
Compressive Strength	270 psi	Perpendicular to Grain*
	2280 psi	Parallel to Grain*
	2380 psi	Max Crushing Strength Parallel to Grain*
Machinability	100 %	Good Relative to Other Wood
Shear Strength	670 psi	Parallel to Grain*
Impact	2.0	in-lb/in³; Work to Elastic Limit; Unseasoned Sample; Impact Bending*
	6800	psi; Fiber Stress at Elastic Limit; Unseasoned Sample; Impact Bending*
Work to Elastic Limit	0.660 in-lb/in³	Static Bending*
Work to Maximum Load	5.70 in-lb/in³	Static Bending*

Thermal Properties	Original Value	Comments
Thermal Conductivity	0.630 BTU-in/hr-ft²-°F	Oven Dry
	0.750 BTU-in/hr-ft²-°F	12% Moisture Content
Shrinkage	4.7 %	Radial; Unseasoned to Oven Dry*
	8.2 %	Tangential; Unseasoned to Oven Dry*
	13.4 %	Volumetric; Unseasoned to Oven Dry*

Descriptive Properties
Color	White to pale yellow-brown	Usual for heartwood

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