About ceramics

Question 1

what are ceramics?

Answer 1

ceramics are range of hard, long-lasting,non-metallic, which are generally unaffected by heat.

Question 2

how are ceramics formed

Answer 2

ceramics are often formed by heating then cooling

Question 3

give examples of ceramics

Answer 3

traditional bricks, china, glass as well as materials used to make artificial bones.

Question 4

what are the physical properties of ceramics

Answer 4

hard, stiff, high melting point, heat resistant, good insulators of heat and electricity, very unreactive.

Question 5

what are insulators

Answer 5

a material that does not allow something to pass through it like heat or electricity.

Question 6

what are conductors

Answer 6

a substance that allows something to pass through it like heat or electricity.

Question 7

what does the size of the crystal depend on

Answer 7

it depends on the speed of cooling. slower cooling produces larger crystals because the atoms have more time to form a grid-like lattice structure.

Question 8

what is the reason why ceramics are stiff

Answer 8

because there are so many atoms bonded to each other