PROPRIEDADES FÍSICAS E MECÂNICAS DA MADEIRA DE ANGELIM-PEDRA SUBMETIDA A TRATAMENTO TÉRMICO.

The work aimed to evaluated the effect of heat treatment on physical and mechanical properties of Hymenolobium petraeum Ducke wood. For this, were manufactured samples with 25.0 × 9.0 × 1.7 cm which were submitted to different heat treatments, with two temperatures (180 and 200 °C) and two exposure times (2 and 4 hours), besides the control samples (without the heat treatment). After the treatments, each sample were submitted to the assays with withdrawal of subsamples for the physical (density, mass loss, equilibrium moisture content and dimensional stability) and mechanical properties (static bending and compression parallel to grain). The heat treatment provided a weight loss of wood, with the higher temperature treatments displayed the greatest losses. However, it proved effective to decrease the equilibrium moisture content and the dimensional stability. The mechanical properties were not affected to the heat treatment. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]