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)
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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
— Source: Houtvademecum © 2010 Centrum Hout Almere, 10e herziene druk
