Physical characteristics									Mechanical characteristics
Types of woods	Hardness	Specific weights		Retractibility					Transversal cohesion			Axial cohesion
	Hardness on side N	Average at 12% D	Correction in + for 1% of water d	Fiber saturation point S %	Total Volume B %	Variation for 1% water v %	Total linear		Average resistance			Compression to 12% humidity		Static bending at 12% humidity		Shock
	Hardness on side N	Average at 12% D	Correction in + for 1% of water d	Fiber saturation point S %	Total Volume B %	Variation for 1% water v %	Tangential T %	Radial R %	Splitting Kg/cm	Traction Kg/cm²	Shear Kg/cm²	Average resistance in Kg/cm² C	Correction in − for 1% of water in + c %	Average resistance in Kg/cm² F	Apparent modulus of elasticity in kg/cm² E	Average resistance in Kg/cm² K
White wood	2.1	0.50	0.0030	37	14.4	0.40	11.3	5.0	16.0	20.2	82	368	7.1	1108	101 000	0.30
Frake wood	2.4	0.51	0.0031	36	11.1	0.32	6.7	4.4	13.1	23.3	-	462	6.3	1255	109 000	0.21
Bete wood	5.6	0.70	0.0042	30	11.3	0.38	8.4	5.4	16.5	26.6	96	697	3.7	1 802	117 000	0.61
Tek wood	4.3	0.63	0.0050	26	6.6	0.26	3.4	2.6	20.4	28.7	62	452	2.8	1 214	87 000	0.23
Red wood	8.1	0.88	0.0040	22	11.9	0.56	7.2	4.6	19.5	25.6	94	763	4.9	1 780	140 000	0.48