Acacia 1 750 lbs.
Pecan hardwood hardness.
Woods with a higher rating are harder than woods with a lower rating.
And while this example lists just some of the most popular hardwood species there are hundreds of varieties representing the north american hardwood population.
1 820 lb f 8 100 n modulus of rupture.
This feature coupled with its beneficial open grain that accepts stain very well will significantly increase the wearability factor to withstand traffic in commercial projects.
Solid hardwood flooring will always be stronger than hardwood veneer engineered flooring.
The sapwood of hickory is white tinged with brown while the heartwood is pale to reddish brown.
While the complete janka hardness listings will reveal that there are some fairly hard softwoods and some relatively soft hardwoods in the species most commonly used in flooring the identifiers hold true.
On the janka hardness scale pecan hickory comes in at an impressive 1820 almost twice as hard as walnut.
Bacana cayenne 1 420 lbs.
Pecan wood flooring hardness together with the ever increasing popularity of hardwood floors along with the renewed look that s given to some dreary and drab room together with installing a brand new hardwood floor consumers have selected and installed hardwood flooring material than all the options available joined.
Australian cypress 1 375 lbs.
100 130 ft 30 40 m tall 2 4 ft 6 1 2 m trunk diameter.
13 700 lb f.
Wood hardness chart species alphabetical hardness species by hardness hardness mahogany honduran 800 padauk 1725 mahogany santos 2200 tabaccowood 1750 maple hard north american 1450 rosewood bolivian 1780 maple ivory 1500 bamboo carbonized 1800 maple soft 999 hickory 1820 merbau 1925 pecan 1820 mesquite 2345 yellowheart 1820.
South central united states and mexico.
Ash 1 200 lbs.
The hickories are an important group within the eastern hardwood forests.
The scale used in the table is pounds force.
The true hickories and the pecan hickories fruit bearing.
46 lbs ft 3 735 kg m 3 specific gravity basic 12 mc 60 74.
With no expiration dates on the internal beauty of a hardwood floor.
The janka rating is one of the most accurate ways of determining the durability of any hardwood species.
Andiroba 1 220 lbs.
Botanically they are split into two groups.
Because hardness is an important factor and hardness varies for each species the janka scale of hardness is an excellent tool to help identify appropriate choices.
The wood is virtually the same for both and is usually sold together.
Amendoim ybarro 1 658 lbs.
The pecan tree is possibly better known and loved as the bearer of the pecan nut.
The janka test measures the amount of force required to embed a 0 444 steel ball into the wood to half of its diameter.
The pecan tree is the state tree for both alabama and texas.
Angelim pedra 1 720 lbs.
