Bamboo Plywood vs. Hardwood
Both bamboo plywood and hardwood are wood-based materials.
For each property being compared, the top bar is bamboo plywood and the bottom bar is hardwood.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
Compressive (Crushing) Strength, MPa | 80 | |
40 |
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 18 | |
12 |
Elongation at Break, % | 3.0 | |
2.0 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.39 | |
0.37 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 1.3 | |
0.9 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 40 | |
80 |
Thermal Properties
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 1680 | |
1260 |
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 0.17 | |
0.16 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 4.0 | |
6.0 |
Electrical Properties
Dielectric Strength (Breakdown Potential), kV/mm | 0.5 | |
0.5 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Density, g/cm3 | 0.7 | |
0.7 |
Common Calculations
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
9.5 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 120 | |
110 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 16 | |
32 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 37 | |
59 |
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 0.14 | |
0.18 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 40 | |
79 |