Topic 10 - Using Resources Flashcards
Properties of ceramics
Non-metal solids, high melting point, no Carbon, insulate, brittle and stiff
Examples of ceramics?
Clay or glass
How is soda-lime glass made?
Limestone, sand, sodium carbonate mixture
How is borosilicate glass made?
Sand and boron trioxide
What is a composite?
One material embedded in another
What is a matrix?
A binder for fragments of a material
What are low density polymers?
Durable plastic bags/bottles
How do you make a low density polymer?
Moderate temp and high pressure
What are high density polymers?
Rigid Drainpipes
How do you make high density polymers?
Low temp and pressure w/ diff catalyst
What are thermosoftening polymers?
Polymer chains entwined w/ weak intermolecular forces
What are thermosetting polymers?
Monomers with cross links between polymer chains (like DNA)
Don’t soften when heated
Why does aluminium corrode less than steel or iron?
When the top layer corrodes it forms aluminium oxide as a protective barriar
What is the sacrificial method to stop rusting?
Put a more reactive metal in. If it’s scratched then the metal goes instead of iron
How do you make salt water potable?
Desalination
What is one method of desalination?
Neutralise pH
Teat for sodium and chlorine
Distill
How is waste water treated?
Screened
Sedimentation
Effluent removed via aerobic digestion
Sludge broken down via anaerobic digestion
Sedimentation
Sludge sinks, effluent floats