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(Urethane foam)
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===Balsa wood===
 
===Balsa wood===
This is used in large flat areas and needs to be bedded in...not really a good choice but it is one of the oldest cores. Boatbuilders used it extensively for reinforcing large flat areas such as decks, hull bottoms and cabin roofs. If I'm not mistaken it was used in early Corvettes for stiffening the floor.
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This is used in large flat areas and needs to be bedded in...not really a good choice but it is one of the oldest cores. Boatbuilders used it extensively for reinforcing large flat areas such as decks, hull bottoms and cabin roofs. It is even used in the floorpans of Corvettes, for stiffening the floor ([http://www.corvettecenter.com/_junkfiles/techhistory.htm], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ochroma_pyramidale], [http://books.google.com/books?id=WrWydEwsc_4C&pg=PA10&lpg=PA10&dq=balsa+wood+corvettes&source=bl&ots=LnYxhxTRmR&sig=1FR2Yef1j7CmevLxt6PYj0PG6Vw&hl=en&ei=ySmpSseTIIbSsQPf6PyOBQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=9#v=onepage&q=balsa%20wood%20corvettes&f=false]).
  
 
===Coremat===
 
===Coremat===

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