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Spruce-pine-fir vs. PET

Spruce-pine-fir belongs to the wood-based materials classification, while PET belongs to the thermoplastics. There are 10 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (17, 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 PET.

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Material Properties

Density, g/cm3 0.5
1.4 to 1.6
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 16
3.5 to 11
Elongation at Break, % 1.5
2.5 to 70
Limiting Oxygen Index (LOI), % 24
21
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 130
80
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 1380
1000 to 1150
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 18
1.2 to 4.4
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 47
12 to 27
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 86
25 to 41
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 85
60 to 140