Flashcards
Smart Materials
Cards in this deck (8)
- 1Give the properties of Shape memory alloys (SMA) ‘Nitinol’ and a use for it.
- 2Give the properties of Thermochromatic plastic and a use for it.
- 3Give the properties of Carbon fibre and a use for it.
- 4Give the properties of ‘Polymorph’ and a use for it.
- 5Give the properties of Motion control gel ‘Smart grease’ and a use for it.
- 6Name a suitable ‘smart’ material which could be used to make a prototype of the computer mouse.Polymorph
- 7Explain the advantages of using polymorph.
- 8Designers make use of computer software to produce virtual models of their designs. Explain the advantages and disadvantages of computer modelling.
