Le tout
- plus léger
- en pouvant lui donner la forme (courbure) désirée
- hotwo:
- mélange bouillant d'hydroxyde de sodium et de sulfite de sodium
- puis compression (c'est là qu'on peut donner la forme désirée ;) )
- et la magie chimique des liens qui se forment entre les atomes d'hydrogène entre en jeu
Je cite:
"This new way to treat wood makes it 12 times stronger than natural wood and 10 times tougher," says senior researcher Liangbing Hu, from the University of Maryland.
"This could be a competitor to steel or even titanium alloys, it is so strong and durable. It's also comparable to carbon fibre, but much less expensive."
"It is both strong and tough, which is a combination not usually found in nature," adds another of the team, Teng Li from the University of Maryland.
"It is as strong as steel, but six times lighter. It takes 10 times more energy to fracture than natural wood. It can even be bent and moulded at the beginning of the process."
