The material is being exploited for smartphone screens, insulated windows, and more.
Why scientists are making transparent wood / The results are amazing, that a piece of wood can be as strong as glass::The material is being exploited for smartphone screens, insulated windows, and more.
Not seeing how windows would be a good use. We already have safety glass and materials to make glass is more plentiful. Display screens make sense if the material ends up as hard as glass but won’t shatter. That would be fantastic.
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I mean I hope so, I can’t normally shatter wood
I can’t normally splinter glass.
But, you can both shatter wood and splinter glass if you truly believe.
Wood is already stronger than glass. If you read the article, what they say make sense, but this title is silly.
Also wouldn’t resin filled wood framework have a higher environmental impact compared to glass? I’m not entirely sure either way
They note towards the bottom they’ve also developed a sustainable resin in place of PVA.
That title instantly got under my skin for being stupid
And here I was clicking on the article expecting a revolution in
glasswarewoodware.Not seeing how windows would be a good use. We already have safety glass and materials to make glass is more plentiful. Display screens make sense if the material ends up as hard as glass but won’t shatter. That would be fantastic.
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No we aren’t. Silica is one of the most plentiful materials on earth.
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It might be a better insulator than glass
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Better than glass, though.
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