AMERICAN WHITE OAK

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Description of the Wood: American White Oak, scientifically known as Quercus Alba L., belongs to the Fabaceae family. The sapwood is cream-colored, while the heartwood is pale brown with a straight, medium grain.

Technological Characteristics: The wood has a density of 740 Kg/m3 at 12% humidity, indicating it is very heavy. It has a volumetric coefficient of 0.43%, showing stability, but a contraction ratio of 1.95%, suggesting a tendency to deform. It is classified as hard wood with a hardness of 5.1 (Chalais-Meudon). The wood's resistance to static bending is 1,050 kg/cm2, and its elasticity modulus is 123,000 kg/cm2. It has a resistance to parallel compression of 513 kg/cm2, a fire reaction class of Cfl-s1, thermal conductivity of 0.18 W/(mK), and formaldehyde emission class E1.

Uses and Applications: Suitable for indoor and outdoor rustic furniture, decorative plates, woodwork on openings and claddings, doors, windows, frames, wood flooring, and casks.

Transformation and Installation: Sawing is manageable despite the wood's hardness. Drying is slow with risks of collapse and cementing. Processing should consider its hardness. Gluing can be problematic with alkaline and acid glues, but nailing is easy, and finishing is good. The sapwood is moderately impregnable, while the heartwood is non-impregnable.

Natural Durability: The wood is durable to moderately durable against fungi, termites, and dry wood insects, classified as biological durability class 2-3.

Our Applications: Indoor wood flooring is available in various formats for gluing or nailing, with dimensions ranging from 400 to 2400 mm in length, 90 to 180 mm in width, and 19 to 21 mm in thickness. The varnished solid wood flooring includes 8 layers of coating, with 5 layers of UV-drying acrylic and water-based primers and 3 anti-scratch coats.

Quality and Standards: The flooring meets current regulation standards and is endorsed by main quality seals. Manufacturing standards include AITIM quality seal, UNE-EN ISO 9001:2015, and several UNE-EN standards for wood flooring and coating, ensuring quality management, dimensional stability, geometrical characteristics, and resistance to various factors like abrasion, adherence, impact, and scrubbing.

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DATA SHEET LOPEZIPIGUEIRAS Name and family International Name Scientific Name Family Main Commercial Names American White Oak.. Quercus Alba L. Fabaceae. American White Oak Description of the wood Cream coloured. Pale brown. Straight. Medium. Sapwood Heartwood • Colour • Grain direction • Grain Dimensional stability • Volumetric coefficient • Contraction ratio • Hardness (Chalais - Meudon) • Resistance to static bending • Elasticity modulus • Resistance to parallel compression • Fire reaction class • Thermal conductivity • Formaldehyde emission LOPEZ PIGUEIRAS SOLID WOOD FLOORING Lg. de Patarroa s/n, CP 27861, Covas-Viveiro (LUGO), Tel. +34 982 561 061 [email protected] www.lopezpigueiras.com

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DATA SHEET Uses and applications Indoor and outdoor rustic furniture. Decorative plates. Woodwork on openings and claddings, indoor and outdoor: Doors, windows, frames, wood ﬂooring. Casks. Natural durability Fungi Termites Durable - Moderately durable Durable - Moderately durable Biological durability Durable - Moderately durable Transformation and installation Sawing Slow; risk of collapse and cementing. Problems with alkaline glues and acid glues. Moderately impregnable sapwood and non-impregnable heartwood. Our applications INDOOR WOOD FLOORING • Format FOR GLUING OR NAILING 400 / 1500 x...

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DATA SHEET Quality Our ﬂoorings are manufactured to meet current regulation standards, endorsed by the main Quality Seals so the corresponding certiﬁcates can be issued. INDOOR WOOD FLOORING MANUFACTURING STANDARDS - AITIM quality seal: 4-3-13. Wood floors. Wood flooring. - UNE-EN ISO 9001:2015: Quality Management Systems. - UNE-EN 13756:2003: Wood flooring. Terminology. - UNE-EN 13226:2009: Solid parquet elements with grooves and / or tabs. - UNE-EN 1910:2000: Determining the dimensional stability. - UNE-EN 13647:2003: Determining the geometrical characteristics. - UNE 56810:2010: Wood flooring....

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AMERICAN WHITE OAK

AMERICAN WHITE OAK

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