Aspen (Populus tremuloides)
Aspen is a clean, anaemically pale hardwood that grows mainly in northern parts of Europe, the USA and Canada. One of the main characteristics of aspen is its very low thermal conductivity, which is why it is ideal for benches and wall linings in saunas – it’s the reason you don’t burn when your bare skin makes contact with the wall in the sauna. This attribute is also connected to one of the reasons it is used for making matchsticks: it burns very slowly. But in the application of aspen discussed here, it is the functionality of a surface in relation to its sensory and functional properties that is important.
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