AN EXAMINATION OF SOME WOOD PROPERTIES USED IN JEWELRIES
Wuritka, Enoch Gotring
Industrial Design Programme
Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi
email- wuritka.enoch@yahoo.co.uk
ABSTRACT
In order to improve the quality of jewelries there is need to know some
properties of woods used as jewelries either synthetic or locally, this study
intend to find out the properties of woods used as jewelries, three (3) wood
samples were selected base on their physical, mechanical, and chemical
properties found. Two (2) different test were conducted which are permeability
test compression test, and visuals. The three samples were found to be of good
properties in making jewelries. The rate of absorption water is slow and has
the ability to withstand attack by organism. It vas observed that the
wood samples were durable in terms of strength, the physical properties of the
wood samples were found based on their nature, aromatic smell and grain
pattern. The wood samples were found to have absorption rate of 33wc%. 47wt%
and 56wt%.