Purple Heart Slabs
Common Name(s): Purpleheart, amaranth, roxinho, violeta
Scientific Name: Peltogyne spp.
Distribution: Central and South America (from Mexico down to southern Brazil)
Tree Size: 100-170 ft (30-50 m) tall,
3-5 ft (1-1.5 m) trunk diameter
Average Dried Weight: 56.4 lbs/ft3 (905 kg/m3)
Specific Gravity (Basic, 12% MC): 0.76, 0.9
Janka Hardness: 2,520 lbf (11,190 N)
Modulus of Rupture: 22,000 lbf/in2 (151.7 MPa)
Elastic Modulus: 2,937,000 lbf/in2 (20.26 GPa)
Crushing Strength: 12,140 lbf/in2 (83.7 MPa)
Shrinkage: Radial: 3.8%, Tangential: 6.4%,
Volumetric: 10.6%, T/R Ratio: 1.7
Purple Heart Slabs
Purple Heart slabs #1 -121"x16"x1.125"
4050 Old Cornelia Hwy
Gainesville GA 30507
United States
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