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Mainly lower priced coffins, especially cloth covered wooden caskets, are made of softwood. The term does not necessarily mean that the wood is soft - some softwoods are relatively hard - but that it its wood from conifers (needle or cone bearing trees). The softwoods most often used in coffins are Pine, Poplar, Spruce, Red Cypress, Cedar and Redwood).
Usually higher priced caskets are made of hardwood (wood from broad leaved trees) like ash, birch, cherry, maple, oak, walnut and mahogany.
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Which type of wood will burn faster - hardwood or softwood?
Softwood usually. It depends on the density of the woods you are burning.
Who invented softwood?
No-one "created" softwood, it is just a type of wood. soft woods include pines and other trees that have a "greenish" layer underneath the bark
What type of timber is oak?
Softwood and hardwood.
What type of trees does softwood come from?
Softwood comes from conifers such as pine, spruce and fir.
What type of wood is Chipboard?
softwood
What type of tree is the black spruce hardwood or softwood?
My best guess would be softwood, because most Alaskan conifers are classified as softwood.
What type of tree grows faster hardwood or softwood?
Softwood grows faster.
Is ebony a hardwood or a softwood?
its a type of porn
Are two by fours made from more than one type of wood?
No, two by fours are typically made from a single type of wood, typically softwood such as pine, fir, or hemlock.
What is man made wood made of?
Softwood comes from coniferous trees, hardwood comes from deciduous (broad-leaved) trees and man-made boards can contain wood of either type or other materials plus a bonding agent, normally a resin.
What type of wood is cedar wood?
Cedar is a softwood. It comes from an evergreen tree.
Is softwood a type of tree?
timber is not a type of tree...it is a reference to trees before they are cut for lumber
