Strongest Wood In The World
Most of these woods have been over harvested and are at the least threatened species.
Strongest wood in the world. This is known as the hardest wood in the world with a Janka hardness of 5060 lbf. Wood strength including the relationship between grain direction and strength specific gravity as an indication of wood strength and additional ways to measure wood strength. The worlds strongest iron tree Birch Schmidt whose wood is one and a half times stronger than iron grows in the Primorsky territory in Brazil there is another owner of iron wood this is the Amazon tree in Africa such a representative is called azobe.
It also has exceptional rot resistance and weathering characteristics especially in marine environments. Overall its probably the strongest wood in the entire world seriously with off-the-charts MOE and MOR and crushing strength. Leadwood 3570 lb f Brown Ebony 3590 lb f Ipe 3510 lbf Mopane 3390 lbf Burmese Blackwood 3350 lbf Kingwood 3340 lbf.
Though some woods may be stronger than this kind with others still being harder the combination of hardness stiffness toughness and strength characterized with hickory is only unique to it and not found in any other wood on the planet earth. Calamander wood also known as Coromandel wood probably now extinct. Part of the Workshop Companion a collection of information on wood woodwork woodworking skills woodworking materials and woodworking plans that together form the core knowledge needed by woodworkers furniture.
Learn all about the properties of wood and how wood is used in construction in the MT Copeland course on Wood Materials. The darker it is the older the wood. The following are the strongest wood species with the Australian Buloke as the overall winner.
The color is an indication of its age. Long exposed to light it will darken slightly in color. Generally acknowledged as the hardest wood lignum vitae Guaiacum sanctum and Guaiacum officinale measures in at 4500 pounds-force lbf on the Janka scale.
With yellowish brown sapwood you might need a strong saw to cut it if you ever find one as it can be only found in the Eastern and Southern region of Australia. The color of this wood varies from shades of light brown to reddish brown. The hardest wood in the world is Quebrancho Schinopsis spp which is found in the tropical regions of South America.