November Mocks 2023 Flashcards
What are hardwoods?
- sourced from deciduous trees
- slow growing meaning they are expensive
- good aesthetic property
- dense and hardwearing
Examples of Hardwood
Oak- flooring
Beech- window frames
Mahogany- instruments, illegal logging trade, furniture and very aesthetic (warm tones)
Ash- chairs
- All of them are tough and durable
What are softwood?
- coniferous trees/ evergreen
- grows faster than hardwood
- cheap and readily available
- absorbent properties
Examples of softwood:
Pine
- roofing, window sills
- lightweight
Larch
- construction
-water resistant
Spruce
- instruments as it transmits vibrations
-stiff
All of them are used in construction industry
Hardwood vs Softwood
- hardwoods are stronger and more hard-wearing than softwoods
- Flexible, lighter in weight and less dense
Manufactured Boards
- recycled woods
- low grade timbers
- wood pieces are bound with adhesives to make man made- manufactured woods
- susceptible to moisture
- rigid, stable
Examples of Man. Boards:
- MDF
- dense and tough
- veneers and finishes - Chipboard
- good compressive strength
- edges chip - Plywood
- rotated layers of wood veneers
- good water resistance
Properties and uses of mild steel
Mild steel is low carbon steel
- tough
- ductile
- ferrous metal so it corrodes easily but is a great conductor
- bicycle frames, bolts, screws
Properties and uses of Aluminium
- soft and malleable
- light weight
- non ferrous and good conductor
- foils
- cans
- wires
- window frames
Properties of Alloys
- 2 or more elements
- improves physical properties and appearance
1.Brass
2.Steel- cars, tools, electrical appliances
3. Stainless steel- durable, aesthetic, construction, utensils
Properties and uses of Thermosets
- high temperature resistance
- hard and rigid
- used for structural applications
- cannot be reformed once set in shape
- good for adhesives
Examples of Thermosets
- UREA FORMALDEHYDE
- good electrical insulator
- anti-wrinkling in clothes - POLYESTER RESIN
- flooring. jewellery - EPOXY RESIN
- adhesives
Properties and uses of Thermoplastics
- soft and flexible
- can be remoulded
- not good in heat
- aesthetics
- recyclable
- used for bottles, sports equip, food packaging and packaging
Examples of thermoplastics
- PETE: bottle
- HDPE: plastic bag
- PVC: sports equip
- LDPE: juice bottles
- PP: food container
- HIPS: food container
- Oher e.g. Acrylic
Properties and uses of Recycled Board
- folding carton and packaging industry
e.g. cereals - can be varied thickness
- can be recycled
- strong