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Hardwood vs. Cork

Both hardwood and cork 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 hardwood and the bottom bar is cork.

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Mechanical Properties

Compressive (Crushing) Strength, MPa 40
1.0
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 12
0.020
Elongation at Break, % 2.0
15
Shear Modulus, GPa 0.9
0.010
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 80
0.85

Thermal Properties

Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 1260
2000
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 0.16
0.040
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 6.0
200

Electrical Properties

Dielectric Strength (Breakdown Potential), kV/mm 0.5
1.5

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Density, g/cm3 0.7
0.15

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 9.5
0.074
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 110
60
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 32
1.6
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 59
13
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 0.18
0.13
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 79
16