American Black Walnut Wood

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American Black Walnut Wood
Categories:	Wood and Natural Products; Wood; Hardwood
Material Notes:	Diffuse-Porous Hardwood. Relatively easy to work with hand tools. Very good shaping, very good steam bending, fair planing. Data is based on small, clear, air-dried samples unless specified. Usual surface texture: Coarse Dimensional changes when dried lumber is subjected to variations in humidity during service: Small/medium Resistance to fungal decay (Heartwood in ground contact): Very Durable (Over 25 years) Resistance to penetration by preservatives: Resistant Common Applications: Furniture, gun stocks
Key Words:	Juglans nigra; Lumber, Timber
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Physical Properties	Metric	English	Comments

Density	0.550 g/cc	0.0199 lb/in³	Air Dry (12-15% Moisture Content)

Mechanical Properties	Metric	English	Comments
Hardness, Wood Indentation	4500 N	1010 lb (f)	Side
Tensile Strength, Ultimate	4.80 MPa	696 psi	Perpendicular to Grain
Modulus of Rupture	0.101 GPa	14.6 ksi	In Bending
Flexural Yield Strength	72.4 MPa	10500 psi	Bending stress at proportional limit
Flexural Modulus	7.00 - 11.0 GPa	1020 - 1600 ksi	In Bending
Compressive Strength	7.00 MPa	1020 psi	Perpendicular to Grain
	52.0 - 52.4 MPa	7540 - 7600 psi	Parallel to Grain
Poissons Ratio	0.035	0.035	µ_TL, 12% Moisture Content
	0.052	0.052	µ_RL, 12% Moisture Content
	0.378	0.378	µ_TR, 12% Moisture Content
	0.495	0.495	µ_LR, 12% Moisture Content
	0.632	0.632	µ_LT, 12% Moisture Content
	0.718	0.718	µ_RT, 12% Moisture Content
Machinability	100 %	100 %	Good Relative to Other Wood
Shear Strength	9.40 MPa	1360 psi	Orientation Unknown

Thermal Properties	Metric	English	Comments
Thermal Conductivity	0.0400 W/m-K	0.278 BTU-in/hr-ft²-°F	at density of 0.65 g/cc; perpendicular
Shrinkage	5.5 %	5.5 %	Radial; Green to Zero Moisture
	7.8 %	7.8 %	Tangential; Green to Zero Moisture
	12.8 %	12.8 %	Volumetric; Green to Zero Moisture

Descriptive Properties
Color	Rich dark brown		Usual for heartwood

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