Angelim Pedra

Scientific name: Hymenolobium petraeum

 

Other common names:

Angelim, Angelim-amarelo, Angelim-aroeira, Angelim-branco-pedra, Angelim-comum, Angelim-da-mata, Angelim-do-pará, Angelim-grande, Angelim-macho, Angelim-pedra, Angelim-rosa, Mirarema, Murarena, Sucupira-amarela.

 

Workability/end-uses:

 

Results	Planing Frame	Sanding Belt Narrow	Turning	Boring
Number of samples	10	10	10	10
Surface Finishing	Fair	Excellent	Good	Good
Defect	Fuzzy	No defect	Torn	Fuzzy
Setting Equipment	Suitable	-	Suitable	Suitable

 

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Phisical Properties:

 

Density(g/cm3)				Shrinkage (%)			Shrinkage Tangential/ Shrinkage Radial
Dry	Green	Basic	12%	Tangential	Radial	Volumetric
0.66	1.19	0.59	0.71	6.30	4.10	10.10	1.54

 

Mechanical Properties:

 

State	Static Bending		Compression		Janka Hardness
	Modulus of rupture (kgf/cm2)	Modulus of elasticity (1.000kgf/cm2)	Parallel to the grain	Perpendicular to the grain	Parallel to the grain (kgf)	End to the grain (kgf)
			Maximum compression (kgf/cm2)	Stress at proportional limit (kgf/cm2)
Green	720	96	388	65	543	515
Dry	1115	118	533	115	781	590

 

State	Tension	Cleavage strenght	Shear	Nail extration
	Perpendicular to the grain	Maximum compression (kgf/cm)	Maximum compression (kgf/cm)	Parallel to the grain (kgf)	End to the grain (kgf)
	Maximum compression (kgf/cm2)
Green	43		102	83	132
Dry	39		125	121	170

 

Source: Laboratory of Forest Products - IBAMA-Brasília-Brazil