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New process could make wood as strong as titanium alloys but lighter and cheaper

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"This new way to treat wood makes it 12 times stronger than natural wood and 10 times tougher," said Liangbing Hu of UMD's A. James Clark School of Engineering and the leader of the team that did the research, to be published on February 8, 2018 in the journal Nature. "This could be a competitor to steel or even titanium alloys, it is so strong and durable. It's also comparable to carbon fiber, but much less expensive." Hu is an associate professor of materials science and engineering and a member of the Maryland Energy Innovation Institute.
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https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/02/180207151829.htm
 
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That is a very interesting development. Plywood manufacturers used to tout that "pound for pound, plywood is stronger than steel".
 
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I'd be willing to bet that this bit of knowledge - or at least something similar - is something that was discovered long ago and subsequently forgotten. It would explain a few things about some ancient construction techniques that have heretofore puzzled modern man.
 
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92tide said:
6 months from now we will read of a story of some dude rubbing this stuff on his junk
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The article says it is a new way of treating wood so what's your point?


"It is as strong as steel, but six times lighter.
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An almost serious question, how is something six times lighter than something else? I don't understand the math; seems like just one times lighter would mean it weighs nothing.
 
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day-day said:
The article says it is a new way of treating wood so what's your point?



An almost serious question, how is something six times lighter than something else? I don't understand the math; seems like just one times lighter would mean it weighs nothing.
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Halogen bulbs man, they are more than six times lighter than incandescent. :wink:
 
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Probably won't happen because both of these professors are obviously illegal immigrants and will be picked up by ICE and deported to wherever the hell they came from. :rolleye2:
 
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Probably won't happen because both of these professors are obviously illegal immigrants and will be picked up by ICE and deported to wherever the hell they came from. :rolleye2:
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Well at least they can build their own wood boat to get them back home.
 
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day-day said:
An almost serious question, how is something six times lighter than something else? I don't understand the math; seems like just one times lighter would mean it weighs nothing.
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Considering how mathematically ignorant most of the US populace is today, using '1/6th the weight of...' is considered bad in the world of modern journalism.
 
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Wow! Amazing discovery. I wish the studs in my house and on my deck were treated.

Termites are going to hate it. The bark beetle is going to love it.

I wonder how easily it burns?


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