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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