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Plywood vs. Plastic POM/Acetal Compare Plywood vs. Plastic POM/Acetal strength, stiffness, weight and thermal properties.
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Questions Is Plywood stronger than Plastic POM/Acetal? Plastic POM/Acetal is stronger: its yield strength is 69 MPa against tensile strength 41.4 MPa for Plywood (1.67x).
Which is stiffer, Plywood or Plastic POM/Acetal? Plywood is stiffer: Young's modulus 7.45 GPa against 2.8 GPa for Plastic POM/Acetal, so the same part in Plywood deflects less under the same load.
Which conducts heat better, Plywood or Plastic POM/Acetal? Plastic POM/Acetal conducts heat better: 0.4 W/m·K against 0.12 W/m·K for Plywood.
Which expands less with temperature? Plywood expands less: 3.8 µm/m·K against 122 µm/m·K for Plastic POM/Acetal.
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