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FPU 131: Wood Structure and Identification
Course Project: Collection of wood samples
Instruction: Visit a nearby sawmill or furniture shop, collect wood chips or non-usable cut
woods of different species (at least 20 species each of five member group), or you can collect
from washed-up wood from river and logged over areas for any wood that can be used in this
activity.
1. From your collection cut it into 3x4 inches dimension and level as following.
Common name: _____________________
Scientific name:_____________________
Family name: _____________________
Submitted by: _____________________
2. Group your collected wood samples based on its uses?
Group 1 _____________________
Group 2 _____________________
Commercial group__________________
3. Identify the collected wood sample as to the following?
Color ______________________
Odor ______________________
Durability ______________________
Strength ______________________
Specific gravity _________________
Moisture content _________________
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