Janka hardness ratings of wood species.
Birch flooring hardness.
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It is important to remember that the testing process used in the janka scale is an impact test not a test of scratching scuffing or any other wear and tear that flooring experiences.
Birch wood flooring is one of the most popular and most common hardwood flooring species.
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Mono serra canadian northern birch natural 3 4 in.
Paper birch comes in on the low end with a hardness of 910.
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Both have a 1290 rating on the janka hardness scale.
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It measures the force required to embed an 11 28 millimetres 0 444 in diameter steel ball halfway into a sample of wood.
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Yellow birch has a hardness of 1260 and sweet birch is even harder at 1470 just slightly harder than sugar maple.
Popular hardwood flooring brands for birch include lauzon hardwood flooring and mont royal hardwood flooring.
The janka hardness test from the austrian born emigrant gabriel janka 1864 1932 measures the resistance of a sample of wood to denting and wear.
Comparatively birch has its own hard and soft varieties.
Sorting out the differences when you re choosing a type of wood flooring you want a wood that s going to be.
A common use of janka hardness ratings is to determine whether a species is suitable for use as flooring.
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