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Wood vs. Zinc Zamak 3 Compare Wood vs. Zinc Zamak 3 strength, stiffness, weight and thermal properties.
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Questions Is Wood stronger than Zinc Zamak 3? Zinc Zamak 3 is stronger: its yield strength is 221 MPa against tensile strength 99 MPa for Wood (2.23x).
Which is stiffer, Wood or Zinc Zamak 3? Zinc Zamak 3 is stiffer: Young's modulus 85.5 GPa against 12.5 GPa for Wood, so the same part in Zinc Zamak 3 deflects less under the same load.
Which conducts heat better, Wood or Zinc Zamak 3? Zinc Zamak 3 conducts heat better: 113 W/m·K against 0.18 W/m·K for Wood.
Which expands less with temperature? Wood expands less: 3.8 µm/m·K against 27.4 µm/m·K for Zinc Zamak 3.
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