I know wood itself isn't an element but what is it made up of element-wise?

Answer 1

Carbon, hydrogen, oxygen:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cellulose
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lignin

Answer 2

Indeed, wood is made up of mostly C, H, and O. Cellulose, as most have said (and I have given a 'thumbs up').

All cells are made up of C, H, and O (some proteins have N also).

A few other elements will be found depending where the tree lived (sucked up from the soil). You see some of these glow when you burn wood-little colored flames, but mostly the yellowish glow of carbon.

Get an "A".

Answer 3

Wood is a tree a living plant that is made of very dense atoms and cells. The wood and the leaves on the tree work together to create photosynthesis in order for the plant to grow and survive. As for the elemental structure it gets its elements from the earth, dirt, to be specific, so whatever elements are in the dirt go into the plant.

Answer 4

Wood is made of cellulose, hemicellulose and lignin.

Cellulose is the major component, which is basically chains of beta-glucose molecules linked in a 1-4 linkage (Carbon 1 of one molecule is linked to carbon 4 of the next one). This is what provdes wood its strength.

Hemicellulose is not at all like cellulose, and it is made up of many different sugars.

Lignin is called "nature's glue", because it binds things together. 1/3 of wood is probably lignin.

Answer 5

Like any organic material (including us) it's made up mainly of carbon, with some other elements like hydrogen and oxygen.

Answer 6

Wood is mostly cellulose, which is a polymer of glucose, which is composed of carbon, hydrogen and oxygen.

Answer 7

It is made of carbon, water, resins, etc.