water ratio to wood in growing tree trunk

[Logman]

I've yet to see a simple answer to this question :
If I'm standing in front of a growing and established eucalypt tree how many kilograms of water are in a cubic metre of the trunk ?
All i've had so far is a comparison with kiln dried wood that evades the simple question. I'm not after a 1000 word thesis on the subject.
All help will be appreciated.:?

[fineboxes]

Varies, depends on the Season and how much rain there has been recently.

Apart from "Cos'" why do you want to know?

Cheers

Steve

[Skew ChiDAMN!!]

In the past I've been told that some fresh cut gum's are up to 4/5 water. I've no idea if this is true or not, but if you take it as an upper limit, then 80% of the m³ is water... which makes it up to 0.8 tonnes!

I suspect it'd be best to take that with a grain of salt. (OK, OK... several kg of salt! :wink:)

[BobL]

It varies widely according to the species, age, and a bit on the time of year.

According to the Forest Products Commission.

For Spotted gum Green density is about 1150 kg/m3, the air-dry density about 970 kg/m3, and basic density about 790 kg/m3


The difference between green density and basic density is the water - in the case of SG it is about 360 kg/m3.

For young Tassie blue gum its about 500 kg/m3

Sugar gum is about 350 kg/m3

Stringy is about 330 kg/m3

Jarrah is 400

Pinus radiata is 500

Marri is 550

96 words not including this sentence - is that OK?

[Logman]

Varies, depends on the Season and how much rain there has been recently.

Apart from "Cos'" why do you want to know?

Cheers

Steve
Thanks fineboxes.
I think "cos" sums it up nicely.

[Logman]

In the past I've been told that some fresh cut gum's are up to 4/5 water. I've no idea if this is true or not, but if you take it as an upper limit, then 80% of the m³ is water... which makes it up to 0.8 tonnes!

I suspect it'd be best to take that with a grain of salt. (OK, OK... several kg of salt! :wink:)

Thanks Skew.
That sure is a lot of water !!

[Logman]

It varies widely according to the species, age, and a bit on the time of year.

According to the Forest Products Commission.


The difference between green density and basic density is the water - in the case of SG it is about 360 kg/m3.

For young Tassie blue gum its about 500 kg/m3

Sugar gum is about 350 kg/m3

Stringy is about 330 kg/m3

Jarrah is 400

Pinus radiata is 500

Marri is 550

96 words not including this sentence - is that OK?
Thanks Robl.
that's good enough for me !!
And nice and breif !!