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		ortusdux on Dec 11, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Transparent wood could soon find uses in smartphon... Some quick numbers from a recent study: Transparent wood tensile strength - 171 MPa Basswood tensile strength - 2.4 MPa PMMA plastic - 75 MPa *Edit - Non-transparent densified wood - 398 MPa https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S13598... https://designerdata.nl/materials/plastics/thermo-plastics/p... https://www.matweb.com/search/datasheet.aspx?matguid=1775e21... https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35807412/

TylerE on Dec 11, 2023 [–]

Basswood is about the worst wood you could choose. You can damage it with your hands.

ortusdux on Dec 11, 2023 | [–]

They needed something porous and compressible, so it sounds like a great choice.

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