A friend sent me this link on super wood. I found it very interesting.
https://www.asme.org/topics-resource...-on-super-wood
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A friend sent me this link on super wood. I found it very interesting.
https://www.asme.org/topics-resource...-on-super-wood
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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.)
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I think wootz steel was used to make Damascus steel.
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