The bundles weigh approximately 40 pounds, cover 18 lineal feet of deck and approximately 9 square feet. A pallet of MOSO ® Bamboo X-treme ® contains 64 bundles and will cover 534 square feet.
What is density of bamboo?
The density of bamboo is about 40 pounds per cubic foot, which is similar to oak.
What is the approximate density of high density bamboo?
Density of various wood species – apple, ash, cedar, elm and more
| Solid | Density (kg/m3) |
|---|---|
| Aspen | 420 |
| Balsa | 110 – 140 |
| Bamboo | 310 – 400 |
| Basswood | 320 – 590 |
How thick is Moso bamboo?
Guadua poles had slightly greater average diameter and wall thickness (103.7 mm and 12 mm, respectively) than moso (101.7 mm and 10.9 mm, respectively).
Is Moso bamboo invasive?
Grows up to 25-60 ft. tall (7-18 m) and 10-25 ft. wide (3-8 m). Moso bamboo can spread aggressively to the point of being somewhat invasive.
How fast does Moso bamboo grow?
Moso bamboo can rapidly complete its growth in both height and diameter within only 35–40 days after shoot emergence. However, the underlying mechanism for this “explosive growth” remains poorly understood.
Is bamboo stronger than concrete?
Bamboo has a higher tensile strength than many alloys of steel. Bamboo has higher compressive strength than many mixtures of concrete.
Why is bamboo so strong?
Bamboo, a fast-growing grass, has a higher strength-to-weight ratio than steel and concrete. The unique properties of bamboo come from the natural composite structure of fibers that consists mainly of cellulose microfibrils in a matrix of intertwined hemicellulose and lignin called lignin-carbohydrate complex (LCC).
What is the density of gold?
19.3 g/cc
Different materials have different densities. For example, the mass density of gold is 19.3 g/cc, lead is 11.4 g/cc, copper is 9.0 g/cc, aluminum is 2.7 g/cc, water is 1.0 g/cc (1g/cc = 1 gram per cubic centimeter).
How strong is Moso bamboo?
Note: wood properties at 12% moisture content. Moso bamboo average density, Young’s modulus and modulus of rupture are those of flexure specimens for r/a > 0.15….Table 2.
| material | Moso bamboo |
|---|---|
| density (kg m−3) | 630 |
| axial compressive strength (MPa) | 69.1 |
| Young’s modulus (GPa) | 10.56 |
| modulus of rupture (MPa) | 130.0 |
Where is Moso bamboo?
China
Now, more than 50,000 ha of Moso bamboo forest grows in Japan where it is widely cultivated and distributed south of Hokkaido. It is the most important bamboo species in China and the third most important plant species for timber production next to Pinus massoniana and Cunninghamia lanceolata (“Chinese Fir”).
What is Moso® high density® compressed bamboo?
Bamboo, like wood, is a natural material that will shrink and swell with changes in humidity. In general, the standard Strand Woven Bamboo has a low stability, resulting in high shrink and swell levels. With MOSO ® High Density ®, the stability of the compressed bamboo has been improved – with up to 10 times less shrinking and swelling.
What is compressed bamboo?
Compressed bamboo is generally known as Strand Woven Bamboo or scrimber: bundles of crushed bamboo strips are compressed into panels or blocks that form the base material for all kinds of bamboo products: for example flooring, beams, panels.
What is the hardness of Strand woven bamboo?
Compared to traditional laminated bamboo, and almost all wood, its hardness (Brinell ≥ 9,5 kg/mm²) is unique. When hitting or dropping a hard and heavy object onto the material, there is hardly any indentation. However, standard Strand Woven Bamboo has serious weaknesses: poor and fluctuating stability and environmental issues.
