Cork vs. Bamboo Plywood
Both cork and bamboo plywood are wood-based materials. There are 16 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (1, in this case) are not shown. Please note that the two materials have significantly dissimilar densities. This means that additional care is required when interpreting the data, because some material properties are based on units of mass, while others are based on units of area or volume.
For each property being compared, the top bar is cork and the bottom bar is bamboo plywood.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
Compressive (Crushing) Strength, MPa | 1.0 | |
80 |
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 0.020 | |
18 |
Elongation at Break, % | 15 | |
3.0 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 0.010 | |
1.3 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 0.85 | |
40 |
Thermal Properties
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 2000 | |
1680 |
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 0.040 | |
0.17 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 200 | |
4.0 |
Electrical Properties
Dielectric Strength (Breakdown Potential), kV/mm | 1.5 | |
0.5 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Density, g/cm3 | 0.15 | |
0.7 |
Common Calculations
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 0.074 | |
14 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 60 | |
120 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 1.6 | |
16 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 13 | |
37 |
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 0.13 | |
0.14 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 | |
40 |