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PZC Chatometry

A standard system to measure wood chatoyance

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    • Africa
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      • Ash, American White
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      • Beech, North American
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      • Cypress, Lawson
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      • Maple, Bigleaf
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      • Maple, Hard
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      • Oak, Red
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      • Osage Orange
      • Osage Orange, Green
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      • Pecan
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      • Redwood
      • Sassafras
      • Service Tree
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      • Sycamore, American
      • Walnut, Black
      • Walnut, Claro
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      • Willow
    • Oceania
      • Agathis
      • Ash, Crow’s
      • Australian Blackwood
      • Black Bean
      • Cedar, Australian Red
      • Eucalyptus, unspecified
      • Ash, Mountain
      • Gum, River Red
      • Oak, Tasmanian
      • Jarrah
      • Maple, Queensland
      • Oak, Northern Silky
      • Oak, Southern Silky
      • Pine, Huon
      • She-Oak, River
      • Spotted Gum
      • Tasmanian Myrtle
      • Walnut, Queensland
    • South and Central America
      • Angelim
      • Araucaria
      • Aspidosperma
      • Bloodwood
      • Bocote
      • Canarywood
      • Carapa
      • Cedar, Spanish
      • Cerejeira
      • Chechen
      • Cumaru
      • Curupixa
      • Freijo
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      • Goncalo Alves
      • Goupie
      • Granadillo
      • Guanacaste
      • Guatambu
      • Imbuia
      • Ipe
      • Jacareuba
      • Jatoba
      • Jequitiba
      • Katalox
      • Leopardwood
      • Lignum Vitae
      • Louro Faia
      • Louro Preto
      • Mahogany, Cuban
      • Mahogany, Honduras
      • Massaranduba
      • Nothofagus
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      • Pao Rosa
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      • Rosewood, Brazilian
      • Rosewood, Cocobolo
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      • Rosewood, Kingwood
      • Rosewood, Santos
      • Tatajuba
      • Timbauba
      • Tineo
      • Tulipwood (Brazilian)
      • Ziricote
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    • Roasting Curly Maple
    • Epoxy resin
    • Bleaching Sapele
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    • Finishing
      • Finishing Maple
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      • Finishing Curly Maple – part 2
      • Surface preparation on Curly Maple
      • Incremental grit and finishing on Curly Maple
      • Finishing Okoume
      • Finishing London Plane
      • Finishing Blonde European Walnut
      • Finishing European Ash
      • Finishing European Elm
      • Finishing Etimoe
      • Finishing Sweet Cherry
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      • Finishing European Oak
      • Finishing Birch
      • Finishing Teak
      • Finishing Iroko
      • Finishing Sapele
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      • Finishing Redbud
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      • Finishing Indian Rosewood
      • Finishing Hackberry
      • Finishing Paldao
      • Finishing Bocote
      • Finishing Merbau
      • Finishing Snakewood
      • Finishing Purpleheart
      • Finishing Padouk
      • Finishing Mulberry
      • Finishing Niangon
      • Finishing Tasmanian Blackwood
    • Progressive grit sanding
    • Ultra-fine sanding
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    • Raw Veneer vs fine sanded
    • Cleaning Black Walnut
    • Quartersawn vs Flatsawn
      • Quartersawn vs Flatsawn on London plane
      • Quartersawn vs Flatsawn on Red Oak
      • Quartersawn vs Flatsawn on European Beech
      • Quartersawn vs Flatsawn on Louro Faia
    • Runout Angle
    • Mud Curing on Osage Orange
    • No. 1 – Hawaiian Koa
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      • Australian species
    • Wood samples
    • Fresh-cut wood
    • From firewood to PZC results
    • Hunting for Tasmanian Blackwood
    • Included branches and Crotches
    • Chatoyance distribution within a tree
    • Tasmanian Blackwood – heartwood and sapwood
    • Stabilization
    • Microscope pictures
    • Out of the tablesaw
    • Chatoyance vs Fluorescence
    • Patch of Black Cherry trees
    • Spalting
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    • Thuya Burl
    • Dying Curly Maple
    • Ammonia fuming
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Oak, Sessile

Botanical NameQuercus Petraea, Q. Pubescens
Common NamesOak, Sessile
Number of sources17
Number of different logs23
Number of specimens70
Number of measurements210
Max PZC read (of all measurements)17.1
Min PZC read (of all measurements)8.5
Max PZC average on one log15.5
Min PZC average on one log9.8
PZC Average of all logs12.6
Summary table

Visualized Chatoyance examples (one each different log)

Log 1 (from [Source 5]) – PZC = 13.3
Log 2 (from [Source 9]) – PZC = 13.6
Log 3 (from [Source 10]) – PZC = 10.7
Log 4 (from Segheria Proverbio) – PZC = 11.6
Log 5 (from [Source 17]) – PZC = 10.9
Log 6 (from Falegnameria Varesina) – PZC = 16.8
Log 7 (from [Source 15]) – PZC = 11.3
Log 8 (from [Source 37]) – PZC = 12.4
Log 9 (from [Source 13]) – PZC = 14.9
Log 10 (from Seralvo) – PZC = 13.4
Log 11 (from Seralvo) – PZC = 13.9
Log 12 (from Re Parquet) – PZC = 14.0
Log 13 (from [Source 18]) – PZC = 13.7
Log 14 (from [Source 14]) – PZC = 12.9
Log 15 (from Segheria Proverbio) – PZC = 9.7
Log 16 (from M. Zanichelli) – PZC = 9.3
Log 17 (from Linea Legno) – PZC = 12.6
Log 18 (from Linea Legno) – PZC = 11.1
Log 19 (from Linea Legno) – PZC = 14.1
Log 20 (from Linea Legno) – PZC = 14.0
Log 21 (from Linea Legno) – PZC = 14.0
Log 22 (from C. Pozzoli) – PZC = 11.2
Log 23 (Q. Robur from [Source 27]) – PZC = 12.1

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