HARDWOOD
EUROPE:
LIME TREE |
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| NAMES: |
Lime tree |
| BOTANICAL NAME: |
Tilia
platyphyllos Scop. Tilla cordata
Mill. |
| ORIGIN AND SPREAD: |
Europe, USSR
pure crop or in mixed forests. |
| MACROSCOPIC CHARACTERISTIC
FEATURES: |
Whitish, yellowish,
nowadays also brownish, --- plain; boarder of annual rings not
clear, vessel and woodrays only clear under the microscope/magnifying
glass |
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IMPORTANT TECHNOLOGICAL FEATURES:
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Dry density (grams/cbm) 0,32
– 0,49 – 0,56
Volume shrinking tolerance (in %) 14,4 – 15
Pressure strength (Newton/qm) 26 – 52 – 78
Bending strength (Newton/qm) 46 – 106 – 147
Tensile strength (Newton/qm) 23 – 85 – 145
E-Module 5 800 – 7400 – 17 200
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PROCESS
AND USE:
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Good to slice, to turn and to carve;
easy to use nails and screws; when kiln dried wood tends to
discolour (kiln drying below 60°C by air humidity below 65°
%); good to stain and varnish
Veneer (corestock veneer); wood wool
and production of matches, crates, toys, for carving and turning,
low natural durability |
| SPECIFIC
CHARACTERISTICS: |
Approx. 20 Tilia kinds are known
A difference of anatomic is impossible
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