Chestnut
Denominación.
• Scientist: Castanea sativa Mill
Provenance
Description of the wood
• Sapwood: Yellowish white
• Heartwood: Brown to salmon brown
• Fiber: Straight
• Grain: Medium
• Singularities: It may contain small knots and small shakes.
Impregnation
• Sapwood: Impregnable
• Heartwood: Non-Impregnable
Mechanization
• Sawing process: easy and with no difficulties.
• Drying process: slow. Risk of collapse, cementation and inside and outside crack formation.
• Planing process: easy.
• Gluing process: acid wood, risk reacting to alkaline glues.
• Nailing and screwing process: pre-drilling is required.
• Finish: risks derived from its acidity.
Applications
• Rustic indoor and outdoor furniture.
• Interior Carpentry: Doors, windows, floors, friezes, mouldings, etc.
• Exterior Carpentry: Windows, decking, etc.
• Structural Carpentry
• Carpentry of assembly, interior and exterior.
• Decorative veneers.
• Laminated wood.
Mechanical properties
• Resistance to static flexion 710 kg/cm2.
• Elasticity module 100,000 kg/cm2.
• Resistance to compression 460 kg/cm2.
• Resistance to parallel traction 1,280 kg/cm2.
