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Density of wood as apple, ash, cedar, elm and more

The density of seasoned & dry wood can be found in the table below:

Solid	Density
Solid	(10³ kg/m³)	(lb/ft³)
Alder	0.4 - 0.7	26 - 42
Apple	0.65 - 0.85	41 - 52
Ash, white	0.65 - 0.85	40 - 53
Ash, black	0.54	33
Aspen	0.42	26
Balsa	0.11 - 0.14	7 - 9
Bamboo	0.3 - 0.4	19 - 25
Basswood	0.3 - 0.6	20 - 37
Beech	0.7 - 0.9	32 - 56
Birch, British	0.67	42
Blue gum	1	62
Box	0.95 - 1.2	59 - 72
Butternut	0.38	24
Cedar, red	0.38	23
Cherry	0.7 - 0.9	43- 56
Cypress	0.51	32
Dogwood	0.75	47
Douglas Fir	0.53	33
Ebony	1.1 - 1.3	69 - 83
Elm, English	0.55 - 0.6	34 - 37
Elm, Rock	0.82	50
Hickory	0.6 - 0.9	37 - 58
Holly	0.75	47
Juniper	0.55	35
Larch	0.5 - 0.55	31 - 35
Lignum vitae	1.17 - 1.33	73 - 83
Locust	0.65 - 0.7	42 - 44
Logwood	0.9	57
Mahogany, African	0.5 - 0.85	31 - 53
Mahogany, Honduras	0.65	41
Mahogany, Spanish	0.85	53
Maple	0.6 - 0.75	39 - 47
Oak	0.6 - 0.9	37 - 56
Oregon Pine	0.53	33
Parana Pine	0.56	35
Pear	0.6 - 0.7	38 - 45
Pine, pitch	0.8 - 0.85	52 - 53
Pine, white	0.35 - 0.5	22 - 31
Pine, yellow	0.35 - 0.6	23 - 37
Plum	0.65 - 0.8	41 - 49
Poplar	0.35 - 0.5	22 - 31
Redwood, American	0.45	28
Redwood, European	0.51	32
Satinwood	0.95	59
Spruce	0.4 - 0.7	25 - 44
Spruce, Canadian	0.45	28
Spruce, Sitka	0.45	28
Sycamore	0.4 - 0.6	24 - 37
Teak, Indian	0.65 - 0.9	41 - 55
Teak, African	0.98	61
Walnut	0.65 - 0.7	40 - 43
Water gum	1	62
Willow	0.4 - 0.6	24 - 37

1 kg/m³ = 0.001 g/cm³ = 0.0005780 oz/in³ = 0.16036 oz/gal (Imperial) = 0.1335 oz/gal (U.S.) = 0.0624 lb/ft³ = 0.000036127 lb/in³ = 1.6856 lb/yd³ = 0.010022 lb/gal (Imperial) = 0.008345 lb/gal (U.S) = 0.0007525 ton/yd³

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