Bog Oak Blanks

Description

Friends, I want to tell you a little about the bog oak. The value of this wood lies in the fact that in an airless humid environment, oak, thanks to its tannins, is not confirmed by decomposition. The largest confirmed age of the bog oak (which I personally held in my hands) is 8110 years. The color of the stained oak depends not only on the age, but also on the mineral composition of the environment of its occurrence. In rivers, reservoirs, swamps with predominant iron oxide (FeO) in the mineral composition, already at the age of 2000 years, a bog oak can be like a coal (black).Otherwise, the process of staining can last much longer and a similar age in another place of occurrence with a poor content of iron oxide, its color will be gray or light with black veins (there are a lot of options).
Oak is colored due to the content of tannins in it, they just interact with iron oxide and give a rich color. Bog oak is an irreplaceable natural resource and its properties have not been fully studied.The density and hardness of this material has the largest range of all known tree species.Moraine oak contains up to 30% of inorganic compounds by weight, which is 1000 times higher than the content of inorganic compounds in ordinary oak wood. It is like a sponge in the process of occurrence imbues mineral compounds from the environment of occurrence. Its composition is dominated by Fe, Ca, Mg, Si and other elements. In general, the stained oak is a unique material both in composition and in its properties, its value will only grow over time. The amount of high - quality material obtained is decreasing every year .