Spruce-pine-fir vs. Bamboo Plywood
Both spruce-pine-fir and bamboo plywood are wood-based materials. There are 16 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is spruce-pine-fir and the bottom bar is bamboo plywood.
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Mechanical Properties
Compressive (Crushing) Strength, MPa | 50 | |
80 |
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 16 | |
18 |
Elongation at Break, % | 1.5 | |
3.0 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.38 | |
0.39 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 1.2 | |
1.3 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 85 | |
40 |
Thermal Properties
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 1380 | |
1680 |
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 0.12 | |
0.17 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 6.5 | |
4.0 |
Electrical Properties
Dielectric Strength (Breakdown Potential), kV/mm | 0.5 | |
0.5 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Density, g/cm3 | 0.5 | |
0.7 |
Common Calculations
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 18 | |
14 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 47 | |
16 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 86 | |
37 |
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 0.17 | |
0.14 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 58 | |
40 |