ceramics Flashcards
ceramic means..
'’of pottery’‘made out of clay
soil dug out of the ground-mined from gorund extraction
heated in a kilt oven-room taht is very hot
water added to make it wet
then can be easily shaped
they have excellent strength and hardness and heat resistent contain ion bonds= properties
good insulators e.g mug keeps my spearmint tea warm
high mp and bp so mugs woudlnt brek with the temaing water pured into it
however theyre often brittle-hard but easily breakable in nature
what metal compounds do ceramics contain?
silicates and oxides
why ceramics would be fine to use as a bone supply:
hard stiffa nd strong like a normal bone
wont break easily
unreactive so wouldnt react and cause harm inside our body
example sof ceramics:
porcleain dinnerware
taps
sinks
cement
plasyoc
mugs
tiles
sand -glass
china
example sof ceramics:
porcleain dinnerware
taps
sinks
cement
plasyoc
mugs
tiles
sand -glass
china
why are ceramics so hard like china?
they have high mp bc they are hetaed in kilns with temps aorund 1000 celcius
more rocks added
the less stronger the concrete would be