Heartwood Proportion and Physical-Mechanical Properties of Three Diameter Class of Gelam Wood (Melaleuca sp) from Central Kalimantan

Wahyu Supriyati, Tibertius A Prayitno, Soemardi Soemardi, Sri M Marsoem

Abstract


Gelam wood commonly use for house pole in peatswamp land of Central Kalimantan. However increasing the utilization of gelam wood lead to harvest a small diameter of trees. This research aims to study the percentage of heartwood, physical mechanical properties of gelam wood of different diameter class.

Keyword: diameter class, gelam wood, heart wood, physical mechanical properties


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DOI: https://doi.org/10.51850/jitkt.v12i1.83

DOI (PDF): https://doi.org/10.51850/jitkt.v12i1.83.g80

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