American Beech Wood

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American Beech Wood
Categories:	Wood and Natural Products; Wood; Hardwood
Material Notes:	Hardwood. Least easy to work with hand tools. Very good steam bending, fair shaping. 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:	Fagus grandifolia; Lumber, Timber
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Physical Properties	Metric	English	Comments

Density	0.560 g/cc	0.0202 lb/in³	Oven Dry Weight/Unseasoned Volume
	0.865 g/cc	0.0312 lb/in³	Unseasoned*
Cell Length	1.20 mm	0.0472 in	Mature Wood

Mechanical Properties	Metric	English	Comments
Hardness, Wood Indentation	3600 N	809 lb (f)	Side. Force required to imbed a 0.444 inch steel ball to one-half its diameter
	4200 N	944 lb (f)	End. Force required to imbed a 0.444 inch steel ball to one-half its diameter
	5800 N	1300 lb (f)	Side
Tensile Strength, Ultimate	5.24 MPa	760 psi	Perpendicular to Grain*
	7.00 MPa	1020 psi	Perpendicular to Grain
Modulus of Rupture	0.0565 GPa	8.20 ksi	Static Bending*
	0.103 GPa	14.9 ksi	In Bending
Flexural Yield Strength	31.0 MPa	4500 psi	Fiber Stress at Elastic Limit; Static Bending*
	60.0 MPa	8700 psi	Bending stress at proportional limit
Flexural Modulus	8.55 GPa	1240 ksi	Static Bending*
	11.7 - 11.9 GPa	1700 - 1730 ksi	In Bending
Compressive Strength	4.21 MPa	610 psi	Perpendicular to Grain*
	7.00 MPa	1020 psi	Perpendicular to Grain
	17.6 MPa	2550 psi	Parallel to Grain*
	22.6 MPa	3280 psi	Max Crushing Strength Parallel to Grain*
	50.0 - 50.3 MPa	7250 - 7300 psi	Parallel to Grain
Shear Strength	8.34 MPa	1210 psi	Parallel to Grain*
	13.9 MPa	2020 psi	Orientation Unknown
Impact	4.2	4.2	in-lb/in³; Work to Elastic Limit; Unseasoned Sample; Impact Bending*
	10400	10400	psi; Fiber Stress at Elastic Limit; Unseasoned Sample; Impact Bending*
Work to Elastic Limit	0.00683 J/cm³	0.990 in-lb/in³	Static Bending*
Work to Maximum Load	0.0862 J/cm³	12.5 in-lb/in³	Static Bending*
Cleavage	59.0 kN/m	337 lb/in	Radial surface of failure, Unseasoned*
	92.0 kN/m	525 lb/in	Tangential surface of failure, Unseasoned*

Thermal Properties	Metric	English	Comments
CTE, linear	5.40 µm/m-°C @Temperature 20.0 °C	3.00 µin/in-°F @Temperature 68.0 °F	Axial. Typical value for Beech.
	22.0 µm/m-°C @Temperature 20.0 °C	12.2 µin/in-°F @Temperature 68.0 °F	Radial; Typical value for Beech.
	34.8 µm/m-°C @Temperature 20.0 °C	19.3 µin/in-°F @Temperature 68.0 °F	Tangential. Typical value for Beech.
Specific Heat Capacity	0.390 J/g-°C	0.0932 BTU/lb-°F	White Oak
Thermal Conductivity	0.144 W/m-K	1.00 BTU-in/hr-ft²-°F	Oven Dry
	0.173 W/m-K	1.20 BTU-in/hr-ft²-°F	White Oak
	0.187 W/m-K	1.30 BTU-in/hr-ft²-°F	12% Moisture Content
Shrinkage	5.1 %	5.1 %	Radial; Green to Zero Moisture
	11 %	11 %	Tangential; Green to Zero Moisture
	16.3 %	16.3 %	Volumetric; Green to Zero Moisture

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