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Cork vs. PSU

Cork belongs to the wood-based materials classification, while PSU belongs to the thermoplastics. There are 8 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (14, 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 cork and the bottom bar is PSU.

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Material Properties

Compressive (Crushing) Strength, MPa 1.0
95 to 180
Density, g/cm3 0.15
1.2 to 1.6
Elongation at Break, % 15
2.0 to 52
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 2000
910 to 1000
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 1.6
16 to 25
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 13
30 to 40
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 0.85
70 to 140
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 200
25 to 57