Manifoldness & diversity

by comparison

	Siberian larch	Thermo-treated ash	Heat-treated pine	Heat-treated spruce	Mega Wood
Weight, Density, appro. 15% moisture content	0,65 g/cm³	0,43 g/cm³	0,68-0,75 g/cm³	0,78 g/cm³	0,67 g/cm³
Durability class¹	3	1	3	3	2
Durability²	moderate	a lot	moderate	moderate	good
Colours (nuances of colour are possible)	light- brown-red	middle-brown	dark-brown	yellow- brown	yellow- brown
Warping	moderate	moderate	moderate	moderate	moderate
Expansion / shrinkage	moderate	little	little	little	moderate
Knots	knotty	marginal knotty	knotty	knotty	keine
Insect attack	no	no	no	no	no
Leaching	no	no	no	no	no
Splintering	strong	little	moderate	moderate	none
Vergrauen der Oberfläche	6-8 month	10-12 month	8-10 month	10-12 month	8-10 month

	Bangkirai	Massaranduba	IPE	Teak
Weight/Density, appro. 15% moisture content	0,79-0,88 g/cm³	0,75-0,80 g/cm³	1,1 g/cm³	1,3 g/cm³
Durability class¹	2	1	1	1
Durability²	good	a lot	a lot	a lot
Colours (nuances of colour are possible)	brown-red	light brown-red	darkbrown red-brown	green-brown
Warping	mäßig	mäßig	mäßig	gering
Expansion / shrinkage	moderate	moderate	moderate	little
Knots	marginal knotty	marginal knotty	marginal knotty	marginal knotty
Insect attack	occuring	occuring	no	little
Leaching	strong	strong	occuring	little
Splintering	little	little	little	gering
Natural greying	8-10 month	8-10 month	10-12 month	10-12 month