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Bamboo Plywood vs. PCTFE

Bamboo plywood belongs to the wood-based materials classification, while PCTFE belongs to the thermoplastics. There are 15 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (16, 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 PCTFE.

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Mechanical Properties

Compressive (Crushing) Strength, MPa 80
38
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 18
1.4
Elongation at Break, % 3.0
150
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 40
36

Thermal Properties

Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 1680
920
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 0.17
0.21
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 4.0
130

Electrical Properties

Dielectric Strength (Breakdown Potential), kV/mm 0.5
21

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Density, g/cm3 0.7
2.1

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
0.37
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 120
17
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 16
4.6
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 37
11
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 0.14
0.11
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 40
14