Özet:

Timber of exotic tree species, various areas in Turkey (furniture, flooring, doors and windows, cladding, outdoors, etc.) are used. One of these tree species is Ayous. Both timber and other parts (bark, root bark, etc.) of the Ayous (Triplochiton scleroxylon K. Schum) tree are evaluated in important areas. In this study, janka hardness value, surface roughness, shore - D hardness, nail holding resistance and color and glossiness properties of Ayous wood after heat treatment were investigated. According to the research results obtained, it was observed that the color parameters and glossiness values changed by heat treatment. Shore - D hardness air dry density Janka hardness values in tangential, radial and transverse directions, 37.65, 384 kg/m3, 21.01 N/mm2, 17.87 N/mm2 and 28.69 N/mm2, respectively. Nail holding resistance value in tangential, radial and transverse directions 4.69 N/mm2, 4.39 N/mm2 and 4.41 N/mm2, respectively. According to the results of surface roughness, it was concluded that the roughness values decreased with increasing sanding number.