The difference in energy content is in the woods density.
Is white ash a hardwood or softwood.
It is prized for being hard strong high in shock resistance with excellent bending qualities.
Standard deductions taken for sweep.
Maple heart spec 1 3 heart max except soft maple 2 is heart max.
Sugar maple black maple sweet birch yellow birch and white ash are all strong hardwoods.
Softwood saw log maximum diameter on butt end 48.
However wood has several different characteristics that could be called strength ability to carry a.
Working properties ash machines well is good in nailing screwing and gluing and can be stained to a very good.
One pound of dense hardwood will have about the same amount of energy as one pound of light softwood.
White ash has excellent shock resistance and along with hickory carya spp it is one of the most commonly used hardwoods for tool handles in north america particularly in shovels and hammers where toughness and impact resistance.
Ash is a hardwood.
Of light colored sapwood and other properties will vary according to the growing regions.
Blue ash has the highest janka rating at 2 030 with a specific gravity of 0 58.
A cord of the more dense wood will have more energy than a cord of less dense softwood.
The btu in a cord of firewood is usually close to the same per pound between species.
It belongs to the group of flowering deciduous plants can reach 50 165 feet tall and up to 8 feet in diameter.
Green ash and black ash trees are preferentially attacked by the insects followed by white ash and blue ash.
The wood is light having low density.
White ash 8 6.
White ash is considered the premiere species of north american ashes.
Other hardwood lengths ash preferred 8 6 12 6 16 6.
But is poplar a hardwood.
In general hardwoods are stronger than softwoods.
Poplar woods are unsuitable for projects requiring hardwood.
The sapwood is light colored to nearly white and the heartwood varies from grayish or light brown to pale yellow streaked with brown.