Hardwood vs. PMMA
Hardwood belongs to the wood-based materials classification, while PMMA belongs to the thermoplastics. There are 16 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (13, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is hardwood and the bottom bar is PMMA.
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Mechanical Properties
| Compressive (Crushing) Strength, MPa | 40 | |
| 120 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 12 | |
| 3.2 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 2.0 | |
| 4.0 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 0.9 | |
| 1.7 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 80 | |
| 71 |
Thermal Properties
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 1260 | |
| 1260 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 0.16 | |
| 0.19 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 6.0 | |
| 76 |
Electrical Properties
| Dielectric Strength (Breakdown Potential), kV/mm | 0.5 | |
| 30 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 0.7 | |
| 1.2 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 9.5 | |
| 1.5 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 110 | |
| 42 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 32 | |
| 17 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 59 | |
| 32 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 0.18 | |
| 0.13 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 79 | |
| 21 |