Introduction

Question 1

What are the categories of plastics?

Answer 1

Thermo-plastics and Thermoset plastics

Question 2

What are the categories of metals?

Answer 2

Ferrous and Non-Ferrous metals

Question 3

What are the subcategories of ferrous and non-ferrous metals?

Answer 3

Pure and alloy

Question 4

What are the categories of timbers?

Answer 4

Softwoods and hardwoods

Question 5

What are the categories of hardwood?

Answer 5

Temperate and Tropical

Question 6

What properties do metals have?

Answer 6

Strong, ductile, conductive (electricity and heat), shiny if polished

Question 7

What properties do ceramics have?

Answer 7

Hard, brittle, insulators (electricity and heat).

Question 8

What are the properties of polymers?

Answer 8

Lightweight and decompose at moderate temperatures (100-400C)

Question 9

What are some functional classifications of materials?

Answer 9

Aerospace, biomedical, electronic, energy tech and environment, magnetic, optical and photonics, “smart”, structural.

Question 10

How do you select a material for a purpose?

Answer 10

1. Evaluate requirements. 2. Eliminate materials that do not satisfy the requirements. 3. Choose the material with the lowest cost.

Question 11

How brittle is a students life?

Answer 11

Pretty fucking brittle, could fracture at any moment fam