This happens to be generally true but there are exceptions such as in the cases of wood from yew trees a softwood that is relatively hard and wood from balsa trees a.
Is paper made from hardwood or softwood.
In building components like windows doors furniture medium density fiberboard paper softwoods are used.
Tissue paper is generally made up from old paper.
If one wishes to manufacture paper bags it would be foolish to consider using hardwood pulps.
Softwoods have a lower density than most of the hardwoods.
Paper made from softwood contains longer fibers.
Softwood is the wood of coniferous trees such as pine and spruce where as hardwood comes from decidious trees such as oaks and maples.
Lignin content of hardwood is less than softwood about 20 40 so hardwood is easier to make pulp and bleached less alkaline consumption required.
Hardwoods have a higher density than most of the softwoods.
They simply would not have enough resistance to tearing.
Softwood trees such as southern pines and douglas firs have long fibers that wrap around each other.
Other than this a combination of hardwood and softwood trees is used in making them.