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The Jean Racine readings set off my appetite to delve into the subject again. Since then a lot of research has added to the subject. Quite a few years ago we took a look at this path. You might be wondering just what has Alexander and Porus have to do with the ancient history of Lahore. It concentrates on the Battle of Hydaspes – the River Jhelum – in which the victor is now a contested matter. The wood can be completely sealed and there is no way water and air will pass through its body.Yesterday (Saturday) the amazing Ajoka Theatre of Lahore staged a reading of a translation of the play ‘Porus’ by the well-known French playwright Jean Racine. So normally dense woods like ebony and ironwood are less porous than others.īut we do have methods to make wood non-porous.įor example, with a special finish or process, like varnishes or lacquers. If we are saying the wood is non-porous, we probably say that it is dense and doesn’t have many pores and vessels in its wood fibres so that water and air will not soak through it quickly. We’ve mentioned that dense wood can be semi-porous or even non-porous to some degree, but no wood can be 100% non-porous. If you are seeking the answer to “is wood porous”, we can say that wood usually is porous, but not 100%. What’s more, with a special finish on the surface, wood can also be non-porous from porous. So some woods seem non-porous because they are too dense. The less dense the wood is, the more porous it is. In most of the cases, wood is porous because trees have pores to get moist and air.īut some woods with dense quality are semi-porous (You can see them in the next part), that’s why density is also the key that wood can float on water. That is to say, if water or air can pass through the object, we will consider it as porous. When we say something is porous, normally we are saying that it can be penetrated by water or air. You may be wondering: “how come is wood non-porous? Are you talking about fake wood?”, you will be explained in a minute.įirst, let’s take a look at the definition of porosity: The answer may sound surprising to some people, but the truth is some woods are porous and some woods are not. Is that true? Let’s give it a closer look.

So I believe that many people would think wood is porous since trees need to inhale and exhale. Many of us, including me, will think there are millions of cells and holes inside the branches, which enables the wood can release oxygen and absorb water. “ breathing in carbon dioxide and breathing out oxygen” – that’s the first advantage when we think of trees.