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General Forestry => Alternative methods and solutions => Topic started by: scsmith42 on May 16, 2025, 03:58:30 PM

Title: Wood that is stronger than steel
Post by: scsmith42 on May 16, 2025, 03:58:30 PM
New product coming to market.  Pretty fascinating.

https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/12/inventwood-is-about-to-mass-produce-wood-thats-stronger-than-steel/
Title: Re: Wood that is stronger than steel
Post by: beenthere on May 16, 2025, 06:22:06 PM
Interesting. 
Maybe an answer to many questions. 

Similar to this one? 
Title: Re: Wood that is stronger than steel
Post by: scsmith42 on May 17, 2025, 07:52:12 PM
Appears to be similar technology.
Title: Re: Wood that is stronger than steel
Post by: Ljohnsaw on May 17, 2025, 10:26:01 PM
Very  interesting. Since it's stiffer, I wonder if it is more brittle than the original board it was made from.
Title: Re: Wood that is stronger than steel
Post by: scsmith42 on May 18, 2025, 12:31:37 PM
Probably.  What the article does not delve into is the various strengths of steel.  The article mentions tensile strength, but not yield.  Plus depending upon grade steel tensile strength can vary from 50 to 130 KSI, more or less.

Still it will be interesting to see how this develops.
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