Which Type of Wood Burns the Fastest

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popular wood. Red oak wood isn’t very durable at all. The wood perishes easily and it has poor insect resistance. Scientists believe it to be one of the most hard woods in the United States and this makes it a very popular wood type (Janka, 2017).

Cherry Tree

The cherry tree is a very large tree, this tree is a deciduous plant, the plant can grow up to 100 feet in height. The wood is a very strong, hard, the wood has a closed grained, red-brown to light wood, cherry resists checking and warping. The wood is easy to polish and carve. Cherry wood has good working properties: it machines well, has high shock resistance, and carves easily. Cherry has interesting patterns in its grain. When polished, sanded and stained, the wood comes out as a very smooth and beautiful finish. On exposure to light it will darken. It screws and nails easily, and the wood has properties good for bending (none, 2006).

Conclusion

The burn rate of each type of wood will depend on the strength and hardness of wood. Each type of wood has a different hardness level. Hickory is the strongest wood, it has a hardness level of 1820. White oak wood is the second hardest wood and has a hardness of 1360. With a hardness level of 1290, Red oak is the third hardest. Walnut comes in fourth with a hardness level of 1010. Coming in fifth with a hardness level of 950, cherry comes in sixth. Sassafras is a softer wood with a hardness of 700. Pine is the softest wood with a level of 450. This is my hypothesis on how the woods will turn out (Hardwoods, 2015).

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http://www.museum.state.il.us/muslink/forest/htmls/trees/C-ovata.html

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