Super Wood

[John Ziebron]

A friend sent me this link on super wood. I found it very interesting.

https://www.asme.org/topics-resources/content/knock-on-super-wood

[Lee DeRaud]

Not quite the same thing, but a 'Jeopardy' question last night involved using iron and wood to produce wootz, a form of steel similar to Damascus steel.
Had to look that one up: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wootz_steel
(The wood in this case is actually bamboo, used as a source of carbon.)

[Mike Henderson]

I think wootz steel was used to make Damascus steel (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damascus_steel).

Mike