North American Elm Wood

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North American Elm Wood
Categories:	Wood and Natural Products; Wood; Hardwood
Material Notes:	Good strength, toughness and bending properties Ring-Porous Hardwood. 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: Medium Resistance to fungal decay (Heartwood in ground contact): Non-durable (5 to 10 years) Resistance to penetration by preservatives: Moderately Resistant Common Applications: Furniture, coffins, rubbing strips Property values marked by an asterisk (*) have been taken from an unusually old reference source.
Key Words:	Ulmus americana; 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
	0.865 g/cc	0.0312 lb/in³	Unseasoned*

Mechanical Properties	Metric	English	Comments
Hardness, Wood Indentation	2400 N	540 lb (f)	Side. Force required to imbed a 0.444 inch steel ball to one-half its diameter
	2700 N	607 lb (f)	End. Force required to imbed a 0.444 inch steel ball to one-half its diameter
	3700 N	832 lb (f)	Side
Tensile Strength, Ultimate	3.86 MPa	560 psi	Perpendicular to Grain*
	4.60 MPa	667 psi	Perpendicular to Grain
Modulus of Rupture	0.0476 GPa	6.90 ksi	Static Bending*
	0.0510 GPa	7.40 ksi	Static Bending
Flexural Yield Strength	24.8 MPa	3600 psi	Fiber Stress at Elastic Limit; Static Bending*
Flexural Modulus	7.10 GPa	1030 ksi	Static Bending*
	9.20 GPa	1330 ksi	Static Bending
Compressive Strength	2.69 MPa	390 psi	Perpendicular to Grain*
	4.80 MPa	696 psi	Perpendicular to Grain
	15.8 MPa	2290 psi	Parallel to Grain*
	19.9 MPa	2880 psi	Max Crushing Strength Parallel to Grain*
	38.0 MPa	5510 psi	Parallel to Grain
Machinability	50 %	50 %	Medium Relative to Other Wood
Shear Strength	6.34 MPa	920 psi	Parallel to Grain*
	10.4 MPa	1510 psi	Orientation Unknown
Impact	2.9	2.9	in-lb/in³; Work to Elastic Limit; Unseasoned Sample; Impact Bending*
	8100	8100	psi; Fiber Stress at Elastic Limit; Unseasoned Sample; Impact Bending*
Work to Elastic Limit	0.00572 J/cm³	0.830 in-lb/in³	Static Bending*
Work to Maximum Load	0.0758 J/cm³	11.0 in-lb/in³	Static Bending*
Cleavage	37.0 kN/m	211 lb/in	Radial surface of failure, Unseasoned*
	47.0 kN/m	268 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	4.2 %	4.2 %	Radial; Green to Zero Moisture
	9.5 %	9.5 %	Tangential; Green to Zero Moisture
	14.6 %	14.6 %	Volumetric; Green to Zero Moisture

Descriptive Properties
Color	Pale reddish-brown		Usual for heartwood

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