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American Yellow Poplar Wood

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American Yellow Poplar Wood

Categories: Wood and Natural Products; Wood; Hardwood
Material
Notes:

Hardwood. Easy to work with hand tools. Data is based on small, clear, air-dried samples unless specified.
Usual surface texture: Fine/medium
Dimensional changes when dried lumber is subjected to variations in humidity during service: Large
Resistance to fungal decay (Heartwood in ground contact): Perishable (Under 5 years), Non-durable (5 to 10
years)
Resistance to penetration by preservatives: Extremely resistant
Common Applications: Pallet blocks, box boards, turnery. Wood wool
Property values marked by an asterisk (*) have been taken from an unusually old reference source.

Key Words: Populus spp.; Lumber, Timber

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Physical Properties
Density
Cell Length
Mechanical Properties
Hardness, Wood Indentation

Tensile Strength, Ultimate

Modulus of Rupture
Flexural Yield Strength
Flexural Modulus
Compressive Yield Strength

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Metric
0.380 g/cc
0.609 g/cc
1.90 mm

English
0.0137 lb/in
0.0220 lb/in
0.0748 in

Comments
Oven Dry Weight/Unseasoned Volume
Unseasoned*
Mature Wood

Metric
1500 N

English
337 lb (f)

1900 N

427 lb (f)

2400 N
3.17 MPa
3.70 MPa
155 MPa
0.0386 GPa
0.0700 GPa
22.1 MPa
42.1 MPa
8.34 GPa
10.9 - 11.0 GPa
2.14 MPa
3.90 MPa
13.8 MPa

540 lb (f)
460 psi
537 psi
22500 psi
5.60 ksi
10.2 ksi
3200 psi
6110 psi
1210 ksi
1580 - 1600 ksi
310 psi
566 psi
2000 psi

Comments
Side. Force required to imbed a 0.444 inch steel
ball to one-half its diameter*
End. Force required to imbed a 0.444 inch steel
ball to one-half its diameter*
Side
Perpendicular to Grain*
Perpendicular to Grain
Axial
Static Bending*
In Bending
Fiber Stress at Elastic Limit; Static Bending*
Bending stress at proportional limit
Static Bending*
In Bending
Perpendicular to Grain*
Perpendicular to Grain
Parallel to Grain*

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Poissons Ratio

Machinability
Shear Strength
Impact

Work to Elastic Limit

Work to Maximum Load
Toughness

Thermal Properties
Shrinkage

Descriptive Properties
Color

17.6 MPa
37.9 - 38.0 MPa
0.019

2550 psi
5500 - 5510 psi
0.019

Max Crushing Strength Parallel to Grain*

Parallel to Grain
TL, 12% Moisture Content

0.030

0.030

RL, 12% Moisture Content

0.318

0.318

LR, 12% Moisture Content

0.329

0.329

TR, 12% Moisture Content

0.392

0.392

LT, 12% Moisture Content

0.703

0.703

RT, 12% Moisture Content

50 %
5.45 MPa
8.20 MPa
2.6

50 %
790 psi
1190 psi
2.6

8000

8000

0.00331 J/cm
0.0386 J/cm
23.8 J
24.9 J

0.480 in-lb/in
5.60 in-lb/in
17.6 ft-lb
18.4 ft-lb

Medium Relative to Other Wood

Parallel to Grain*
Orientation Unknown
in-lb/in; Work to Elastic Limit; Unseasoned
Sample; Impact Bending*
psi; Fiber Stress at Elastic Limit; Unseasoned
Sample; Impact Bending*
Static Bending*
Static Bending*
Tangential
Radial

Metric
4.0 %
7.1 %
12.3 %

English
4.0 %
7.1 %
12.3 %

Comments
Radial; Green to Zero Moisture
Tangential; Green to Zero Moisture
Volumetric; Green to Zero Moisture

Grey, white to pale brown

Usual for heartwood

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