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What is Elasticity?

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The ability for a material to return to its original shape after a force removal

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What is Stiffness?

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Resistance to Deformation

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What is Yield Strength?

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The point at which permanent (plastic) deformation starts

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What is Ultimate Tensile Strength (UTS)?

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The maximum amount of stress a material can handle before breaking

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What is stress?

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Force per area

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What is Ductility?

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Ability to undergo deformation before breaking

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What is Hardness?

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Resistance to wear

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What is Thermal Expansion Coefficient?

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How much a material expands when it is heated or cooled

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What is Thermal (heat) Conductivity?

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How well a material conducts heat

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What is Specific Heat?

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Amount of energy required to increase temperature

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How is material classified?

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Based on atomic/molecular structure

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What are the main families in the material kingdom?

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-Metals
-Polymers
-Elastomers
-Ceramics
-Glasses
-Hybrids (composites)

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What is the first property of Metals?

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Metallic solids are made up of atoms that share a “cloud” of valence electrons (metallic bonding)

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What is the second property of Metals?

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They have very good thermal and electrical conductivity because of metallic bonding

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What is the third property of Metals?

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High elastic stiffness

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What is the fourth property of Metals?

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Pure metals are soft and bendable (ductile)

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What is the fifth property of Metals?

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Metals can be strengthen

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What are the ways metals can be strengthened?

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-Alloying (mixing atoms of different elements)
-Strain Hardening (cold working)
-Heat Treating

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What is the sixth property of Metals?

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Usually have high fracture toughness

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What is the seventh property of Metals?

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Almost all metals are crystalline

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What is the eighth property of Metals?

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Metals can be shaped, joined and surface treated in many different ways

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What are most elements in the periodic table?

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Metals

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What are metals usually found as?

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Usually found in the form of metal oxides. Pure metals are seldom found in nature

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How is metal extracted from its oxide?

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-Coke is added and then it undergoes a process of melting or electrolysis

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What are Polymers composed of?
-Are organic solids made up of long molecules containing a chain of carbon atoms -These carbon atoms are connected by covalent bond C-C bonds -The long molecules are usually joined to each other by weak hydrogen bonds or even weaker Van Der Waal bonding
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What is the first property of Polymers?
-They are poor conductors of heat and electricity compared to metals
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What is the second property of Polymers?
-Very lightweight (low density)
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What is the third property of Polymers?
-Very low stiffness (approx 50x less than metals)
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What is the fourth property of Polymers?
Not very strong but they have a very high strength to weight ratio
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What is the fifth property of Polymers?
Very low melting temperatures (low service temperature)
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What is the sixth property of Polymers?
Very easy to fabricate polymers into complex shapes -They can be joined, shaped and surface treated for a very low cost
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What is the first and second property of Elastomers?
-They are polymers but a very small number of the long molecules are joined together (cross linked) by covalent bonds -As a result, they have the ability to undergo very large elastic deformation without breaking or deforming
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What is the third property of Elastomers?
-Have very low stiffness (500x to 5000x lower than metals)
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What is the first property of Ceramics?
they are non-metallic inorganic solids
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What is the second property of Ceramics?
They are usually compounds made up of two or more elements
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What is the third property of Ceramics?
They are held together by covalent or ionic bonds
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What is the fourth property of Ceramics?
They have very low thermal and electrical conductivity
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What is the fifth property of ceramics?
They have very high stiffness
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What is the sixth property of Ceramics?
They have high strength
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What is the seventh property of ceramics?
They are very brittle
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What is the eighth property of Ceramics?
They are crystalline
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What is the ninth property of ceramics?
Ceramics usually have high melting temperatures (therefore have high strength at elevated temperatures)
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What is the tenth property of Ceramics?
It is difficult to make, shape, join or surface treat ceramic parts because of their brittleness and their very high melting temperatures
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What is the eleventh property of Ceramics?
ceramic parts are very expensive
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What do Ceramics usually constitute?
Ceramics are compounds usually consisting of at least 1 non metal constitute
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What is the first and second property of Glasses?
-Mostly are non crystalline inorganic solids -They are usually transparent
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What is the third and fourth property of glasses?
-Glasses are held together by covalent or ionic bonds (same as ceramics) -As a result, have very low thermal and electrical conductivity
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What is the fifth property of Glasses?
They have lower strength, stiffness, and melting temperature than ceramics because of their lack of uniform atomic spacing
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What is the sixth property of glasses?
-They are usually very brittle
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What is the seventh and eighth property of glasses?
-It is easier to make parts from glasses than from ceramics because they melt at a lower temperature -As a result, glass parts are less expensive than ceramic parts
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What is hybrid material usually composed of? List them
Combination of two or more materials -Glass Fibre Reinforced Polymers (GFRP, fibreglass) -Carbon Fibre Reinforced Polymers (CFRP)
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What group is the most commonly found material in nature?
Hybrid
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What is wood composed of?
It is a hybrid of cellulose and lignin
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What is bone composed of?
It is a hybrid of collagen (polymer(organic molecule)) and hydroxyapatite (glass)
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Are hybrids expensive or inexpensive to make? List an example of an expensive composite and inexpensive composite
Usually are expensive -Carbon-fibre composites are expensive -Concrete and Plywood is inexpensive
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What is the general taxonomy of the Kingdom of Materials/Processes
-Universe -Family -Class -Sub-class -Member
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List the families for processes
-Joining -Shaping -Finishing

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