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C4 Materials and their uses
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- 1What are the advantages and disadvantages of polymers?Advantages - flexible,easily moulded, cheap, less dense, thermal and electrical insulating
disadvantages - degrade over time - 2What are the advantages and disadvantages of ceramics?Advantages - insulators of electricity, strong and hard wearing, don't degrade or erode
Disadvantages - brittle and stiff - 3What are the advantages and disadvantages of metals?advantages - good conductors of heat and electricity, high melting points, if they are corrosive resistant they last along time, less brittle
disadvantages - likely to deform - 4What are the advantages and disadvantages of composites?advantages - the component material can be altered for specific purposes
disadvantages - expensive
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- GCSE Chemistry (C4 Material choices) Flashcards on C4 Materials and their uses, created by lily bevan on 30/04/2018.
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