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Subject: Properties of wood
Category: Science > Physics
Asked by: footn-ga
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Posted: 24 Oct 2005 22:16 PDT
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Question ID: 584542
Will a pressure treated 10"x10" wood timber float in water?
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Subject: Re: Properties of wood
From: jon_b-ga on 25 Oct 2005 01:27 PDT
 
http://www.madsci.org/posts/archives/mar98/888747058.Bt.r.html

http://www.oregonpine.com/productmanual2003.pdf
The density of douglas fir is <30 pounds/ft^3.  The density of water
is 62 pounds/ft^3.  So about half of the 10x10 would be above water.

Assuming the wood is dry to begin with, it could eventually take on
enough water to sink.

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