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Spruce-pine-fir vs. PC

Spruce-pine-fir belongs to the wood-based materials classification, while PC belongs to the thermoplastics. There are 7 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (18, 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 PC.

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Material Properties

Density, g/cm3 0.5
1.2 to 1.4
Elongation at Break, % 1.5
3.5 to 110
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 1380
1000 to 1200
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 47
15 to 30
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 86
30 to 45
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 85
66 to 160
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 6.5
10 to 69