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    4. what is wood made of ?
    what is wood made of ?

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    +2  Views: 548 Answers: 6 Posted: 12 years ago
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      9 years ago. Rating: 9
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        ROMOS

        Save the trees!!!!!
        commented 9 years ago
        lindilou

        I know ... we see trees like this on big trucks alot ... :(
        commented 9 years ago

        B and Q ,OR Wicks, would know,

        9 years ago. Rating: 7
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          sunnyB

          Would they, I wouldn't bank on it Dennis.
          commented 9 years ago
          hector5559

          Maybe you are right sunny,whith all this compressed wood chippings.
          commented 9 years ago

          Depends on type of tree but roughly Cellulose 40%, Lignin27%, Hemicellulose 30%.

          9 years ago. Rating: 7
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            In this day & age of synthetics it's a difficult concept to grasp but wood is made of wood.A completely natural product. It is by far the most versatile & the easiest building material you could use.

            9 years ago. Rating: 6
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              Wood is an amazing natural resource which is renewal.  It is made of the cells of the tree, as a plant, there are cell walls, unlike our cells which have none.  Within these cell walls are chemicals of cellulose (making them woody).  Depending upon the genetics of the specific plant, there is more or less of the particular types of cellulose and lignin.   Annual plants have less, perennial plants having more grow upon this and build layers of wood. 

              9 years ago. Rating: 5
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                nomdeplume

                Surely we humans have cell walls otherwise we would just be blobs of jelly. OK maybe you are correct.
                commented 9 years ago
                bustieone

                no cell walls here, if so, I could not move about! We basically are cells of jelly, some with minerals (bone cells) which give us our foundation.
                commented 9 years ago
                Lignin which is secreted by the cork cambium and epithelial cells of the plant
                9 years ago. Rating: 0
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