Ceramics and compounds

Question 1

Ceramics definition

Answer 1

made from non-metal solids

Question 2

Properties of ceramics

Answer 2

excellent insulators of heat and electricity, high melting points, brittle, stiff

Question 3

Examples of ceramics

Answer 3

glass, borosilicate glass, clay

Question 4

How is glass made and its uses

Answer 4

heat sand + sodium carbonate + limestone = drinking glasses

Question 5

How is borosilicate glass made and its uses

Answer 5

heat sand with boron trioxide = beaker, boiling tubes

Question 6

How is clay made and its uses

Answer 6

heat wet clay in a furnace = pottery and bricks

Question 7

Composites definition

Answer 7

mixture of a reinforcement and a matrix (binder)

Question 8

Composites examples

Answer 8

wood, fiberglass, reinforced concrete. carbon fibre

Question 9

Reinforcement and matrix of wood

Answer 9

R - cellulose, M - lignin

Question 10

Reinforcement and matrix of fibreglass

Answer 10

R - glass fibre , M - resin

Question 11

Reinforcement and matrix of reinforced concrete

Answer 11

R - steel and gravel , M - cement and sand mix

Question 12

Reinforcement and matrix of carbon fibre

Answer 12

R - carbon nanotubes, M - polymer