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Materials
Metals
- Ferrous
- CAST IRON
- Pros
- Strong
- Tough
- Stiff
- Cheap
- Easily Machined
- Easily Recycled
- Cons
- Rusts
- High Density
- Poor Toughness
- Can be alloyed to improve
- Uses
- Brake Discs
- Machine Tools
- Pros
- MILD STEEL
- Pros
- Strong
- Stiff
- Tough
- Very Cheap
- Malleable
- Easily Recycled (magnetic)
- Cons
- High Density
- Poor Electrical and Thermal Conductivity
- Uses
- Large Structures
- Bridges
- Buildings
- Oil Rigs
- Car Body Panels
- Trains
- Machine Tools
- Pressure Vessels
- Large Structures
- Process
- Metal Forming
- Die Casting
- Rolling is important for structures like I-beams
- Easily Extruded for pipes, tubes, wire
- Readily Machined
- Joining
- Suitable for most
- Not suitable for soldering or brazing
- Metal Forming
- Pros
- STAINLESS STEEL
- Pros
- Corrosion Resistant
- Strong
- Tough
- Ductile
- Stiff
- Cheap
- Malleable
- Easily Recycled (magnetic)
- Cons
- Expensive
- High Density
- Poor Electrical and Thermal Conductivity
- Uses
- Cutlery
- Chemical Plant and Surgical Instruments
- Process
- Metal Forming
- Usually Wrought
- Not Cast
- Powder Metal Forming
- Joining
- Suitable for most
- Not suitable for soldering or brazing
- Metal Forming
- Pros
- CAST IRON
- Non Ferrous
- BRASS
- Pros
- Reasonably Strong
- Corrosion Resistant
- Easy to Shape
- Cons
- Expensive
- Uses
- Ornamental Fittings
- Plumbing Fittings
- Screws
- Bullets
- Process
- Readily Machined
- Soldering and Brazing
- Readily Extruded as quite soft
- Pros
- COPPER
- Pros
- Electrical Conductivity
- Corrosion Resistant
- Ductile
- Malleable
- Cons
- Expensive
- Low Strength
- Uses
- Electrical Wire
- Domestic Water Pipes
- Coins
- Process
- Metel Forming
- Easily Cast
- Readily Extruded because soft
- Readily Machined
- Soldering and Brazing for electrical connection and pipe
- Metel Forming
- Pros
- ALUMINIUM
- Pros
- Lightweight
- Durable
- Corrosion Resistant
- Stiff
- Ductile
- Malleable
- Easy to recycle
- Cons
- Difficult to Arc Weld
- Uses
- Aircraft
- Bicycles
- Car Engines
- Space Frame car bodies
- Drinks Cans
- Window Frames
- Process
- Metal Forming
- Easy with most
- Difficulties with oxidising in powder process
- Rolling (foil)
- Die Casting common
- Readily Extruded
- Sheet Forming (cars)
- Machining
- Soft, so easily machined
- Joining
- Suitable for most
- Difficult to arc-weld and an inert gas is needed
- Metal Forming
- Pros
- TITANIUM
- Pros
- Strong, even at high temps
- Hard Wearing
- Non Corrosive
- Light Weight
- Stiff
- Chemically Inert in Human Body
- Cons
- Expensive
- Chemically reactive when hot
- Difficult to Shape
- Uses
- Surgical Implants
- Performance Bicycles
- Fan Blades for Aircraft
- Process
- Metal Forming
- Special Die Casting Process Needed Because Reactive
- Forging for Aircraft
- Arc Welding only with inert gas or in vacuum
- Metal Forming
- Pros
- BRASS
- Ferrous
Polymers
- Thermosetting/thermosets
- Characteristics
- Harder
- Stronger
- When Heated
- permanently hard
- pressure can be applied to cure
- degeneration if heated excessively
- Toxic Fumes
- Brittle
- Better stability
- Characteristics
- Thermoplastic/thermoplasts
- Characteristics
- Soft
- Ductile
- Flexible
- Can be manufactured on a branch
- Sensitive to temperature
- When Heated
- Soften
- Eventually Liquify
- Reversible and can be repeated
- No toxic fumes
- Polythene
- Pros
- High Density
- Resistant to Chemicals
- Tough
- Cheap
- Flexible
- Electrical Resistance
- Transparent
- Easily Coloured
- Uses
- Dustbins
- Water and Gas Pipes
- Carrier Bags
- Food Packaging
- Sandwich Boxes
- Process
- Polymer Forming
- Most suitable, injection moulding most common
- Extruded for pipes
- Rotational moulding for large products (i.e. dustbins)
- Blow Moulding for bottles
- Vacuum forming for packaging
- Machining
- Soft so easily machined
- Usually formed to near-net-shape so little cutting needed
- No polishing needed
- Joining
- Adhesive bonding most common
- Friction welding for pipes
- Polymer Forming
- Pros
- Nylon
- Pros
- Strong
- Lightweight
- Used for broad range of products
- Easily made as a fibre
- Good heat resistance <250°
- Uses
- Clothes
- Fishing Line
- Small Gears
- Zip Fasteners
- Power Tool Cases
- Pros
- Characteristics
- Thermosetting/thermosets
Composites
- GRP GLASS REINFORCED PLASTIC
- Properties
- Not Brittle
- Ductile
- Chemical Resistance
- Uses
- Aerospace
- Automotive
- Underwater
- Sheets of glass fibre laid at right angles sandwiched between a plastic
- Usually done in a mould and left to cure
- Properties
- Reinforced Concrete
- GRP GLASS REINFORCED PLASTIC
Ceramics
- Types
- Clay Mineral
- Glass
- Cement
- Properties
- Good Insulators
- Poor Conductors
- Hard
- Brittle
- Resistant to
- High Temperatures
- Harsh Environments
- Types
Información
- Descripción
- Mind map of basic material properties by material.
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- Billie Juniper
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