Metallic Wood in Action (IMAGE)

University of Pennsylvania

Metallic Wood in Action

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This strip of metallic wood, about an inch long and one-third inch wide, is thinner than household aluminum foil but is supporting more than 50 times its own weight without buckling. If the weight were suspended from it, the same strip could support more than six pounds without breaking.

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Penn Engineering

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