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Bamboo Plywood vs. PGA

Bamboo plywood belongs to the wood-based materials classification, while PGA belongs to the thermoplastics. There are 8 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (11, 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 bamboo plywood and the bottom bar is PGA.

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Material Properties

Density, g/cm3 0.7
1.5
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 18
6.5
Elongation at Break, % 3.0
1.0
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
2.4
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 120
41
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 16
10
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 37
21
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 40
55