Detailed Specs: Tali

General

• Botanical name: Erythrophleum ivorense / Erythrophleum suaveolens

• ATIBT name: Tali

Quality requirements

• Tali is listed in the Dutch norm NEN 5493 ‘Quality Requirements For Hardwoods In Road Construction Works, Hydraulic Engineering Works And Other Structural Applications.

Strength class

• Tali (growing regions: Ghana and Cameroon) quality class Category 3/Tropical/NEN 5493 is classed in strength class D40 (NEN-EN 338)

Uses

• Heavy constructions outdoors, such as waterworks and bridges.

• For floors, parquet, thresholds, hubs, axle-guards and blocks, turned goods and furthermore, the same uses as Azobé

Durability

• Resistance to fungi: class 1 (very durable)

• Resistance to insects: Termites class D (sapwood and heartwood very durable), Marine borers class M (moderately durable)

Density

• (800)-900-(1100) kg/m3 at 12% moisture content

• Fresh 1000-1200 kg/m3

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