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>making it effectively thinner, lighter and stronger at the same time. The article never says it's lighter, and the paper is behind a paywall. Interesting proc
by nck4222 9y ago
>making it effectively thinner, lighter and stronger at the same time.
The article never says it's lighter, and the paper is behind a paywall. Interesting process none the less.
- jacquesm 9y agoIt does say it is lighter, it says it removes certain compounds from the wood and then compresses the remainder without further additives. So it is lighter than the original wood but much more dense.
- nck4222 9y agoI mean I agree it's likely that the process makes the wood lighter. But no, the article doesn't explicitly say the end result is lighter. It explicitly says it's thinner and stronger. I don't really know much about the process or whether the chemical treatment can potentially make the wood heavier/absorb some of the liquid, which would offset the weight of the material that's lost. My point wasn't that there's no way the result is lighter. My point was that the article didn't mention the weight before and after, so it seemed presumptuous to me to claim it was definitely lighter. I went to check the actual paper to confirm, hit a paywall, and so was unable to verify. I was hoping someone would comment with more details.