The present report describes the test procedures and presents the results of a study on the physical and mechanical properties, natural decay resistance and silica content of 28 tropical hardwoods which ere not tested prior to that time. The test trees were selected in the 1970ies in the virgin forests of the southwest Central African Republic, then the Central African Empire. All tests were carried out according to internationally accepted standards for small, smooth, defect-free samples. The potential end-use of the wood species tested is discussed.
| Language: | English |
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| Keywords: | tropical wood species, physical properties, mechanical properties, natural durability, silica, Central African Republic, Celtis zenkeri, Combretodendron africanum, Croton aubrevillei, Detarium macrocarpum, Manilkara fouilloyana, Oldfieldia africana, Pachyleasma tessmannii, Tessmannia africana, Tessmannia lescrauwaetii, Swartzia fistuloides, Xylopia hypolampsa, Anthostema aubryanum, Parkia filicoidea, Treculia africana, Marquesia excelsa, Albizzia adianthifolia, Desplatsia floribunda, Rauvolfia macrophylla, Stemonocoleus micranthus, Gambea Beguei, Gambea boukokoensis, Blighia Welwitschii, Polyalthia suaveolens, Macaranga Barteri, Tridesmostemon omphalocarpoides, Marinda lucida, Ficus sp., Dracaena Mannii |
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| Work type: | Fundamental research |
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| Typology: | 2.12 - Final Research Report |
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| Organization: | BF - Biotechnical Faculty
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| Place of publishing: | Ljubljana |
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| Publisher: | Biotechnical faculty, RSS |
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| Year: | 1977 |
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| Number of pages: | 54 f., [35] f. ann. |
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| PID: | 20.500.12556/RUL-143917  |
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| UDC: | 630*81 |
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| COBISS.SI-ID: | 138553091 |
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| Publication date in RUL: | 19.01.2023 |
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