Spruce-pine-fir vs. PP Homopolymer
Spruce-pine-fir belongs to the wood-based materials classification, while PP homopolymer belongs to the thermoplastics. There are 9 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (16, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is spruce-pine-fir and the bottom bar is PP homopolymer.
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Material Properties
| Compressive (Crushing) Strength, MPa | 50 | |
| 45 to 64 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 0.5 | |
| 0.91 to 1.2 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 1.5 | |
| 3.0 to 80 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 130 | |
| 120 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 1380 | |
| 1230 to 1900 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 47 | |
| 11 to 21 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 86 | |
| 27 to 37 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 85 | |
| 36 to 93 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 6.5 | |
| 30 to 90 |