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Wood Density and Hardness of Wood

The two main things that affect the weight difference is the hardness of wood and wood moisture content (MC). The higher the size of the MC will be the higher the weight of wood. Hardness wood or density is measured in units of kg/m3. The average hardness of the wood there is around 320 to 720 kg/m3. There are several types of wood that is very soft and 160 kg/m3 and the highest level of violence in 1000 wood kg/m3. All sizes of wood hardness are measured at the level of about 12% MC.
Counting Wood Density:
Wood Size: 500mm x 80mm x 25mm = 0001 M3 Heavy timber: 0.6 kg

Formula : Wood density = Weight (kg) / Volume (m3)

Mean, wood density is 0.6 kg: 0001 M3 = 600 kgs/M3
Some types of wood and hardness:

Kinds of Wood : Kgs/M3
Pine : 350-560
Teak : 630-720
Mahogany : 495-545
Yellow Balau : 880-980
Merbau : 725-900
Meranti Red : 580-770
Eucalyptus Saligna : 660-670
Acacia : 550-600

Types of wood with a high density mean harder but it is not necessarily more difficult to be processed by machines. That would be a problem is when the process of sanding, wood with high density can be quicker spend the sandpaper surface and a thickness reduction should be relatively small to reduce engine load. Ease of working wood with high density is at the finishing time, especially finishing using solid colors. High-density wood does not absorb too much finishing materials so the in several layers were able to close the surface of the wood fiber with a solid color as desired.

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