• Transparent wood composites are novel wood materials which have up to 90% transparency. Some have better mechanical properties than wood itself. They were...
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    Engineered wood, also called mass timber, composite wood, man-made wood, or manufactured board, includes a range of derivative wood products which are...
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    Wood–plastic composites (WPCs) are composite materials made of wood fiber/wood flour and thermoplastic(s) such as polyethylene (PE), polypropylene (PP)...
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    Typically a 'transparent' stain will accentuate the wood grain (as it is transparent), while a more 'solid' stain will tend to obscure the wood grain (as...
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    Wood is a natural organic material consisting primarily of cellulose fibers embedded in a matrix of organic lignin. In materials science, composites of...
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    For example, transparent ceramic armor consisting of a lightweight composite has been formed by utilizing a face plate of transparent alumina Al2O3 (or...
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  • "billions in energy costs" according to Tian Li, a team member. Transparent wood composites Khan, Amina (2018-03-12). "This is 'nanowood,' an invention that...
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  • Fiberglass (category Composite materials)
    compared to wood or metal, allows faster installation. Mass-produced fiberglass brick-effect panels can be used in the construction of composite housing,...
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    Varnish (category Wood finishing materials)
    Varnish is a clear transparent hard protective coating or film. It is not to be confused with wood stain. It usually has a yellowish shade due to the...
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  • high density fiberboard, stone polymer composite, or strips of a solid wood such as spruce or birch. The composite core increases the dimensional stability...
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  • Lamination (category Composite materials)
    technique/process of manufacturing a material in multiple layers, so that the composite material achieves improved strength, stability, sound insulation, appearance...
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    more transparent. Wood can also be coloured by exposing it to chemicals that react with the wood to form coloured compounds. Chemical staining of wood is...
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    bagasse fibres as reinforcements in composites". In Faruk, Omar; Sain, Mohini (eds.). Biofiber Reinforcements in Composite Materials. Elsevier Science & Technology...
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    Opal (redirect from Wood opal)
    play-of-color. Depending on the conditions in which it formed, opal may be transparent, translucent, or opaque, and the background color may be white, black...
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    (June 2020). "Advances in Manufacturing Composite Carbon Nanofiber-Based Aerogels". Journal of Composites Science. 4 (2): 73. doi:10.3390/jcs4020073...
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    items that are made using alternatives to wood, including synthetics, plastics, and wood-adhesive composites. Often specified by architects and designers...
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    sunrooms typically are constructed of transparent tempered glazing atop a brick or wood "knee wall" or framed entirely of wood, aluminum, or PVC, and glazed on...
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    usually have them fitted with a sort of armour in the form of an aramid composite kevlar bandage around the fan casing or debris containment walls built...
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    applications requiring transparent armour. Transparent armour is a material or system of materials designed to be optically transparent, yet protect from fragmentation...
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    materials: ceramics, metals, polymers and composites. Ceramic engineering Metallurgy Polymer science and engineering Composite engineering There are additionally...
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    "North America's Wood Pellet Sector" (PDF). Fpl.fs.fed.us. Retrieved 10 January 2019. "Development and promotion of a transparent European Pellets Market...
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    PEDOT:PSS (category Transparent electrodes)
    Poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) polystyrene sulfonate (PEDOT:PSS) is a composite material where PEDOT (the conductive polymer) provides electrical conductivity...
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    clad the exterior of a steel door with composite, vinyl boards, or other trim to give it the appearance of wood. In situations involving residential attached...
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    factor with this type of tooling. Composite molds are a lower cost alternative to cast or machined aluminium molds. Composite molds are typically made from...
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    sometimes air. Modern windows are usually glazed or covered in some other transparent or translucent material, a sash set in a frame in the opening; the sash...
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  • shock while maintaining the transparent look of glassware. Doremus, R. (1994). Glass Science (2nd ed.). "Glass Ceramic Composite Materials for Hermetic Seals...
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    Wood carving is one of the oldest arts of humankind. Wooden spears from the Middle Paleolithic, such as the Clacton Spear, reveal how humans have engaged...
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    can be used as adhesives for wood, metal, glass, stone, and some plastics. They can be made flexible or rigid, transparent or opaque/colored, fast setting...
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    in 1993. The Fly is unique among electric guitars in the way it uses composite materials. It is notable for its light weight (4.5 lb; 2.0 kg) and resonance...
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    in the second half of 1915. Some modern aircraft are constructed with composite materials for major control surfaces, wings, or the entire fuselage such...
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