Ryan Heydt February Current Event... Super Dense Lightweight Wood
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/superdense-wood-lightweight-strong-steel
This article is very interesting. I didn't know that by boiling wood it would become denser by crushing the gaps between cell walls. I find it very cool that the wood could replace steel as this could be beneficial to the environment as opposed to current construction materials. This wood could be used to make bridges and even cars!
This article is very interesting. I didn't know that by boiling wood it would become denser by crushing the gaps between cell walls. I find it very cool that the wood could replace steel as this could be beneficial to the environment as opposed to current construction materials. This wood could be used to make bridges and even cars!
This is very interesting. I would have never thought that boiling wood would make it more dense. Also I agree that it would help the environment because we are using wood for things that are needed. This means that we wouldn't need to cut down another tree for new wood.
ReplyDeletePerhaps better for building, but would it burn at all or better?
ReplyDeleteIt'd would be interesting to see how this would effect our economy if wood products would be implemented with this process. I doubt it would be a good thing to do because of the deforestation issues we currently have, but it would still be interesting.
ReplyDeleteAfter reading this article, I am curious on how much this would be. Although it is more sturdy, it could cost a lot more than we think. This could have a major effect of our economy if major company's decide to switch to this wood.
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