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The Best Firewood
Wed 11 Mar 2009 - 14:44
The Best Firewood
By [http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=John_J._James]John J. James
Searching for the best firewood is worth your cash. It will be an easy task once you learn about the heat principles of different woods. Sometimes mixtures of different hard woods result into best firewood that burns for longer time. Heating equivalents are to be considered for determining the best result. It can be a combination of sufficient quality and quantity for satisfying your requirements.
Seasoned firewood
Seasoned firewood is the wood that is left out for drying for an extended time. Using it cut out fresh will provide best results. Using this type instead of green lumber will avoid moisture and smoke. Larger wood logs require a longer period of time to heat up and finally burn. Small cuts provide the best burning results.
Energy Content - BTU
It is the measure of the quantity of heat that is emanated by burning firewood. Hardwood has the highest of the BTU contents and thus would be considered as best firewood for intense and high heat. Rock elm, red oak and sugar maple are some examples of hardwood. The softwoods like the basswood, white pine, white spruce, green ash are less dense in nature and thus don't burn for a long time.
Softwood versus the Hardwood
Comparing the softwood with hardwood will be beneficial to get the best firewood in business. Hardwood is originated from deciduous trees whereas softwood is from conifer trees. Few hardwoods are found softer compared to softwoods. Hardwoods are chemically similar to softwoods whereas they differ is in their density. Hardwood are denser compared to softwood.
Hardwood examples
The some examples:
Red Oak
Beech
White Oak,
Ash
Hard Maple
Hickory
Dogwood
Pecan
Almond Apple.
These all are easy to burn, produce high amounts of heat, have no heavy kind of smoke.
Good firewood includes:
Cherry
Soft Maple
Walnut.
These firewood types are easy to burn but they don't give heavy smoke.
Fair firewood includes:
Sycamore
Elm
Basswood
Cottonwood
Aspen
Yellow Poplar
Gun.
These firewood types offer medium amounts of heat, produces medium amounts of smoke, could be a little hard to burn, and doesn't produce much heat.
I am John James from firewoodbtu and I am an expert on Firewood. I hope this article gives you a good start at your search for a good firewood, I have written a lot more free advice on [http://www.firewoodbtu.com/2009/02/17/best-firewood/]The Best Firewood and tips on [http://www.firewoodbtu.com/]different ways to burn firewood.
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