C2 Flashcards
What kind of materials come from plants?
Wood and paper are both made from trees , cotton comes from the cotton plant
Materials come from animals?
Wool comes from sheep. Silk is made by the silkworm larva. Leather comes from cows.
What materials are made by man?
Rubber, nylon, polyester, paint mixtures
Name an advantage of making rubber in a factory
Control its properties, making it suitable for different purposes e.g. wetsuits
Where are the role materials used to make synthetic materials found?
They come from the Earth crossed. E.g. aluminium and Crimean are used in a lot of metal alloys
What are material is made up of?
Absolutely every material is made up of chemicals Either individual chemicals or mixture of chemicals
What is strength?
Strength is how good a material is that resisting a force, can judge how strong is by how much force is needed to Eva break it or permanently change shape
What are the two types of strengths
Tensile or tension strength and compressive strength
What is tensile strength?
It is how much I miss you can resist a putting forth. Things like ropes and cables need a high tensile strength or they’d snap.
What is compressive strength?
This is how much I material can resist a pushing force. Building materials like bricks need good compressive strength or they’d be squished by the Weight of bricks above them.
What is stiffness and give an example of material that is stiff?
Stiffness is how good something is not bending when a force is applied to it E.g. steel as they are very difficult to bend so they are stiff.
What is hardness and give an example of something that is hard?
Hardness of materials is how difficult it is to cut into E.g. diamond as the only material that can cut a diamond is another diamond
What is density and give an example of something that is dense and isn’t dense?
Density is a materials mass per unit volume. There is not very dense you’d need a huge volume of it to make up one KG in mass. But gold is very dense a small volume of gold would make up one KG in mass.
Give some of the properties of plastic?
Can be fairly hard, strong and stiff. Some are fairly low density. Some are mouldable.
Give some of the properties of rubber?
Strong but soft and flexible, mouldable e.g. Rubber car tyres
What are the properties of nylon fibres?
Soft and flexible. Good tensile strength e.g. ropes and clothing fabric
A products properties depend on the materials it’s made from. Give an example of this
Gramophone records 100 years ago when made of mixtures of materials like paper, slight and wax. There aren’t many of these records E cause they broke very easily more modern records are made of polyvinyl chloride PVC or vinyl this material is strong and flexible so it’s less likely to break.
What properties do materials used for cooking products need to have?
I need a high melting point that’s not toxic.
Suitability for a toy car?
Italy, Spain non-toxic and should be strong, stiff and low-density e.g. some kind of plastic.