stephen thomas
Diamond
- Joined
- Jun 3, 2001
Anyone been following this guy?
According to Sport Aviation, they started out a couple years ago as a PhD project, removing a certain percentage of lignin in wood, and compressing it to 1/5 volume, yielding material as strong as high performance steels, but 1/6 the weight. Website sucks, but looks like they have now developed transparent wood.
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News Story | University of Maryland Energy Research Center
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According to Sport Aviation, they started out a couple years ago as a PhD project, removing a certain percentage of lignin in wood, and compressing it to 1/5 volume, yielding material as strong as high performance steels, but 1/6 the weight. Website sucks, but looks like they have now developed transparent wood.
Home
News Story | University of Maryland Energy Research Center
smt