North American Sycamore Wood

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North American Sycamore Wood
Categories:	Wood and Natural Products; Wood; Hardwood
Material Notes:	Diffuse-Porous Hardwood. Data is based on small, clear, air-dried samples unless specified. Property values marked by an asterisk (*) have been taken from an unusually old reference source.
Key Words:	Platanus occidentalis; Lumber, Timber
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Physical Properties	Original Value	Comments

Density	0.460 g/cc	Oven Dry Weight/Unseasoned Volume
	52.0 lb/ft³	Unseasoned*

Mechanical Properties	Original Value	Comments
Hardness, Wood Indentation	2700 N	Side. Force required to imbed a 0.444 inch steel ball to one-half its diameter
	3100 N	End. Force required to imbed a 0.444 inch steel ball to one-half its diameter
	3400 N	Side
Tensile Strength, Ultimate	5.00 MPa	Perpendicular to Grain
	630 psi	Perpendicular to Grain*
Modulus of Rupture	0.0690 GPa	Static Bending
	6.50 ksi	Static Bending*
Flexural Yield Strength	3300 psi	Fiber Stress at Elastic Limit; Static Bending*
Flexural Modulus	9.80 GPa	Static Bending
	1060 ksi	Static Bending*
Compressive Strength	4.80 MPa	Perpendicular to Grain
	37.0 MPa	Parallel to Grain
	450 psi	Perpendicular to Grain*
	2390 psi	Parallel to Grain*
	2920 psi	Max Crushing Strength Parallel to Grain*
Shear Strength	10.1 MPa	Orientation Unknown
	1000 psi	Parallel to Grain*
Impact	3.3	in-lb/in³; Work to Elastic Limit; Unseasoned Sample; Impact Bending*
	8800	psi; Fiber Stress at Elastic Limit; Unseasoned Sample; Impact Bending*
Work to Elastic Limit	0.600 in-lb/in³	Static Bending*
Work to Maximum Load	7.50 in-lb/in³	Static Bending*
Cleavage	46.0 kN/m	Radial surface of failure, Unseasoned*
	74.0 kN/m	Tangential surface of failure, Unseasoned*

Thermal Properties	Original Value	Comments
Thermal Conductivity	0.860 BTU-in/hr-ft²-°F	Oven Dry
	1.00 BTU-in/hr-ft²-°F	12% Moisture Content
Shrinkage	5.1 %	Radial; Green to Zero Moisture
	7.6 %	Tangential; Green to Zero Moisture
	14.2 %	Volumetric; Green to Zero Moisture

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