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	Metric	English	Comments

Density	0.460 g/cc	0.0166 lb/in³	Oven Dry Weight/Unseasoned Volume
	0.833 g/cc	0.0301 lb/in³	Unseasoned*

Mechanical Properties	Metric	English	Comments
Hardness, Wood Indentation	2700 N	607 lb (f)	Side. Force required to imbed a 0.444 inch steel ball to one-half its diameter
	3100 N	697 lb (f)	End. Force required to imbed a 0.444 inch steel ball to one-half its diameter
	3400 N	764 lb (f)	Side
Tensile Strength, Ultimate	4.34 MPa	630 psi	Perpendicular to Grain*
	5.00 MPa	725 psi	Perpendicular to Grain
Modulus of Rupture	0.0448 GPa	6.50 ksi	Static Bending*
	0.0690 GPa	10.0 ksi	Static Bending
Flexural Yield Strength	22.8 MPa	3300 psi	Fiber Stress at Elastic Limit; Static Bending*
Flexural Modulus	7.31 GPa	1060 ksi	Static Bending*
	9.80 GPa	1420 ksi	Static Bending
Compressive Strength	3.10 MPa	450 psi	Perpendicular to Grain*
	4.80 MPa	696 psi	Perpendicular to Grain
	16.5 MPa	2390 psi	Parallel to Grain*
	20.1 MPa	2920 psi	Max Crushing Strength Parallel to Grain*
	37.0 MPa	5370 psi	Parallel to Grain
Shear Strength	6.89 MPa	1000 psi	Parallel to Grain*
	10.1 MPa	1460 psi	Orientation Unknown
Impact	3.3	3.3	in-lb/in³; Work to Elastic Limit; Unseasoned Sample; Impact Bending*
	8800	8800	psi; Fiber Stress at Elastic Limit; Unseasoned Sample; Impact Bending*
Work to Elastic Limit	0.00414 J/cm³	0.600 in-lb/in³	Static Bending*
Work to Maximum Load	0.0517 J/cm³	7.50 in-lb/in³	Static Bending*
Cleavage	46.0 kN/m	262 lb/in	Radial surface of failure, Unseasoned*
	74.0 kN/m	422 lb/in	Tangential surface of failure, Unseasoned*

Thermal Properties	Metric	English	Comments
Thermal Conductivity	0.124 W/m-K	0.860 BTU-in/hr-ft²-°F	Oven Dry
	0.144 W/m-K	1.00 BTU-in/hr-ft²-°F	12% Moisture Content
Shrinkage	5.1 %	5.1 %	Radial; Green to Zero Moisture
	7.6 %	7.6 %	Tangential; Green to Zero Moisture
	14.2 %	14.2 %	Volumetric; Green to Zero Moisture

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