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Spruce-pine-fir vs. PCL

Spruce-pine-fir belongs to the wood-based materials classification, while PCL belongs to the thermoplastics. There are 8 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (14, 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 spruce-pine-fir and the bottom bar is PCL.

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Material Properties

Density, g/cm3 0.5
1.1
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 16
1.2
Elongation at Break, % 1.5
300
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 130
40
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 18
0.61
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 47
2.5
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 86
9.4
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 85
10