Hazel density?

[Stew]

Can anyone help please?

I have had a bit of a google to answer this but can't see something definitive. Unfortunately it brings up answers about density of trees or density of coppiced stools but not the density of the wood itself. Rather than spending ages searching I thought I would ask here as I have a suspicion that someone will know of a source of the info.

The info I'm after is like this:
http://www.csudh.edu/oliver/chemdata/woods.htm

I basically want to be able to compare the density of a piece of hazel with a like-for-like sized piece of another species. I know I could cut, dry and weigh myself but that info must be out there somewhere, surely?

Thanks!

 

[bobnewboy]

Seems like it 0.53 to 0.63 grammes per cc. Difficult to find the data, but that figure sems to tally with bowmaking and other carving etc using it.

 

[WoodGnome]

I only found it in German, but Hazel has a density of 0.56 g/cc or 560 kg/m³ at a humidity of 0% (meaning completely dried).

http://www.inaro.de/deutsch/rohstoff/industrie/HOLZ/Darrdichte.htm

 

[Stew]

Thankyou!

 

[WoodGnome]

You're welcome.

 

[Robson Valley]

To drive off the very last of the bound water in wood, heat at 102C until a constant weight/mass is found. Given the range of anatomical differences in wood, the number has to be a range of values.
If you want to consider wood choices for various service applications, the Janka Hardness Scale is useful but not absolute.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janka_hardness_test