Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Properties and uses of materials
- Hardwood timbers
- Ash
- Properties
- Open-grained, Tough, flexible
- Uses
- Sports equipment, Wooden
ladders, Tool handles
- Beech
- Properties
- Close-grained, hard, tough, strong, warps
easily
- Uses
- Furniture, Toys, tool handles
- Elm
- Properties
- Open/ interlocking grain, tough,
durable, resists splitting, Durable in water.
- Uses
- Indoor and
outdoor furniture
- Mahogany
- Properties
- Fairly strong, durable, some
interlocking grain
- Uses
- Good quality furniture
- Oak
- Properties
- Strong, Hard, Tough, Open-grained,
corrodes steel screws and fittings.
- Uses
- Interior woodwork,
good quality furniture.
- Softwood timbers
- Scots pine
- Properties
- Straight grained, Knotty,
Fairly strong, Easy to
work with.
- Uses
- Diy-cheap quality
furniture, Constructional
work, Simple joinery
- Parana pine
- Properties
- Hard-straight grained, Knot
free, Fairly strong, Durable
- Uses
- Good quality-expensive
furniture.
- Spruce
- Properties
- Small hard knots, Not very durable.
- Uses
- General indoor work, White wood
furniture used in bedrooms and
kitchens.
- Yellow Ceader
- Properties
- Fine even texture,
Light weight, Stiff,
stable
- Uses
- Furniture, Boats,
veneers, model making
- European redwood
- Properties
- Strong, Knotty, Durable when preserved
- Uses
- General woodwork,
cupboards, shelves, roofs
- Ferrous metals
- Cast Iron
- Properties
- Brittle, corrodes by rusting, Boiling point: 1200 c
- Uses
- Casting, rail tracks, aircraft, construction
- Mild Steel
- Properties
- Tough, Ductile, malleable, good
tensile strength, poor resistance to
corrosion, Boiling point: 1600 c
- Uses
- Engineering, aircraft, cars, buildings.
- High carbon steel
- Properties
- Brittle, Can be heat treated
to make it harder, tough,
Boiling point: 1800 c
- Uses
- Cutting tools, ball bearings