Brazilian Woods
 
 





Pau-santo
COMMOM NAME
Zollernia paraensis
SCIENTIFIC NAME
Fabaceae
FAMILY
Buriticupu -MA
ORIGIN

OTHERS COMMOM NAMES:  Angélica, Cabeça-de-negro, Casca-dura, Coração-de-negro, Ingá-de-suia, Jacarandatã, Mocitaíba, Mocitarba, Muirapenima-preta, Muirapinima, Muirapinima-preta, Pau-de-são-josé, Pau-santo,

RETENTION AND PENETRATION OF PRESERVATIVES IN WOOD
Preservative Retention (kg/m3) Penetration
Sapwood Heartwood Indistinct Sapwood Heartwood Indistinct
CCA-A            
Creosote            
Obs.: the retention of the creosote is expressed in kilogram of preservative by cubic meter of treated wood and the one of the CCA-A in kilogram of active ingredients for cubic meter of wood

PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
Density(g/cm3) Shrinkage (%) Shrinkage Tangential/ Shrinkage Radial
Dry Green Basic 12% Tangential Radial Volumetric
1.17  1.32  0.97  1.26  9.60  5.00  16.80  1.92

MECHANICAL PROPERTIES
State Static Bending Compression Janka Hardness
Modulus of rupture (kgf/cm2) Modulus of elasticity (1.000kgf/cm2) Parallel to the grain Perpendicular to the grain Parallel to the grain (kgf) End to the grain (kgf)
Maximum compression (kgf/cm2) Stress at proportional limit (kgf/cm2)
Green 1487  163  688  142  1193  1336 
Dry 1915  182  974  275  1490  1479 
State Tension Cleavage strenght Shear Nail extration
Perpendicular to the grain Maximum compression (kgf/cm) Maximum compression (kgf/cm) Parallel to the grain (kgf) End to the grain (kgf)
Maximum compression (kgf/cm2)
Green 47  67  146  217  195 
Dry 47  51  188     

Heartwood Color Classification: Black