> The densified wood demonstrates a record high tensile strength of 587 MPa.
Yeah... ok it's 50% stronger than very low strength steel.
I think there are other problems comparing it with steel. Steel isotropic; wood is only strong in one direction. Steel has really nice and safe ductile failure modes that wood doesn't. Iron mining is not great for the environment but I doubt hardwood production is either, and steel can be easily recycled.
Seems like a great product but it feels like slightly disingenuous positioning.
This sounds a bit implausible implausible. Steel is insanely strong, especially high strength steels, can be over 1000 MPa.
Here's the original paper:
http://lit.umd.edu/publications/TengLi-Pub91-Nature-2018.pdf
> The densified wood demonstrates a record high tensile strength of 587 MPa.
Yeah... ok it's 50% stronger than very low strength steel.
I think there are other problems comparing it with steel. Steel isotropic; wood is only strong in one direction. Steel has really nice and safe ductile failure modes that wood doesn't. Iron mining is not great for the environment but I doubt hardwood production is either, and steel can be easily recycled.
Seems like a great product but it feels like slightly disingenuous positioning.