Using resources- paper 2 Flashcards
What are ceramics? 3
. non-metal solids
. high melting points
.not carbon-based compounds.
1-2)What are the properties of clay ceramics?
3) 2 uses?
1)soft material moulded
2) fired at high temperatures, hardens clay ceramic.
3) pottery and bricks.
1)What are the properties of ceramic glass? 3
2)what are two examples
3)How are they made?
4)What is Borosilicate glass, how is it made and what is different?
1) transparent, moulded when hot, brittle when thin.
2)soda-lime glass, Borosilicate glass
3)heating a mixture of limestone, sand and sodium carbonate until it melts. mixture cools= glass.
4)
.higher melting point than soda-lime glass.
.made same way mixture sand and boron trioxide.
1)What are Composites?
2)What is the structure of compoites?
1)made of one material embedded in another.
2)Fibres/ fragments of a material (reinforcement) surrounded by a matrix acting as a binder.
1)What are composite?
1)Composites one material embedded in another.
What influences the properties of a polymer?
- how it’s made and what it’s made from.
1)Low density polythene made by 1 property and 2 conditions?
2)High density (HD)=poly(ethene) is made by and 1 propeity and 3 conditions ?
2)moderate temperature, high pressure.
=flexible used bags bottles.
3)lower temperature, pressure with catalyst.
= rigid=used for water tanks drainpipes.
What do monomers determine?
1)type of bonds form between polymer chains=determine properties polymer
What are Thermosoftening polymers, what can you do with them why?
2
1)individual polymer chains entwined together weak forces between chains.
2)melt these plastics remould them.
What are Thermosetting polymers?
What happens when you heat them?
1)monomers cross-links between polymer chain=solid structure.
2)don’t soften when they’re heated. hard
What materials are used for depends on?
.properties.
1)what are 2 ceramics and 2 job examples?
2)2 properties?
1).glass, clay ceramics=porcelain and bricks.
2)brittle and stiff.
What jobs can polymers do 4 examples the two proerteis?
1)insulators, heat and electricity, clothing
2)flexible, easily moulded.
What do the properties of composites depend on what their uses?
1)composites depend matrix/ binder and reinforcement used to make them
2)many different uses.
1)5 properties of metals?
2)What jobs can metals do 3?
1)malleable, good conductors of heat and electricity, ductile, Shiny and hard
2)electrical wires, cutlery.
Why are pure metals not used often?
.regular structure of pure metals=too soft
What are alloys, what do they do to pure metals, and an example of an alloy of iron? 3
1)Alloys made adding another element to the metal=disrupts the structure of the
2)harder than pure metals.
3)alloys of iron called steels
How is steel made?
.adding small amounts of carbon and sometimes other metals to iron.
What are these alloys made of and their uses 2: bronze,
brass,
gold,
aluminium?
.Bronze = Copper + Tin: Bronze is harder=medals and statues.
.Brass = Copper + Zinc: Brass malleable=lower friction water taps, door fittings.
.Gold= jewellery: Pure gold is very soft. Metals such as zinc, copper, silver=harden.
.Aluminium= aircraft: low density pure aluminium is too soft alloyed
What is corrosion?
.metals react with substances in their environment and are gradually destroyed. Oxygen and water
What is the equation for ironing rusting and what is the rust?
1)rust=compound hydrated iron(111) oxide.
2): iron + oxygen + water > hydrated iron(Ill) oxide
Why does corrosion happen and what is bad about it? 3
1) surface material, where it’s exposed
2)rust is a soft crumbly solid flakes off= more iron available rust.
3)all the iron object corrodes
How does aluminium corrode and why is it better then iron? 2
1)aluminium oxide that forms when aluminium corrodes doesn’t flake away.
2)protective layer sticks firmly aluminium below prevent further rust
What is the 3 step method to prove that rust needs Air and Water? (Iron)
1)iron nail+ boiling tube+water=won’t rust. (water boiled remove oxygen oil stop air getting in.)
2)iron nail boiling tube air, it won’t rust. (Calcium chloride absorb any water from the air.)
3)iron nail in a boiling tube with air and water= rust.
What are the Two Main Ways to Prevent Rusting 4 examples?
1) barrier to keep water and oxygen. Painting/Coating with plastic
2)Electroplating - electrolysis reduce metal ions on iron electrode. coat iron layer different metal
3)Oiling/Greasing: moving parts
4)sacrificial method/galvanising= more reactive metal such as zinc with the iron.
What are natural resources
what can be done to improve the, and 2 examples?
1)Natural resources form without human input.=come earth, sea or air.
2)natural products=replaced synthetic products improved upon man-made processes.
rubber= sap of a tree=man-made polymers=replace rubber e.g tyres
3) Agriculture provides conditions natural resources enhanced needs.
E.g. fertilisers= high yield of crops.
Renewable resources?
1)Renewable resources reform at a similar rate to, or faster than, we use them.
2) EG: timber is a renewable resource as trees can be planted following a harvest and only
take a few years to regrow.
Why will Natural Resources will Run Out?
what is an example of a finite rescource? 4
What do finite resources undergo what processes? 2
1)Finite (non-renewable) resources, aren’t formed quickly enough to be considered replaceable.
2)fossil fuels, nuclear fuels- Minerals, metals found in ores
3)finite resources-undergo man-made processes provide fuels and materials
-Fractional distillation produce usable products=petrol from crude oil
-metal ores reduced-pure metal.