Structure of Materials

Structure of Materials

1. Materiales Ceramicos

   • A ceramic material is one consisting of metallic or non-metallic inorganic solids that has been manufactured by heat treatment. Traditional ceramics are composed of clay, however today there are numerous ceramic materials of different composition that have many applications, for example in the aeronautical industry and in medicine.

2. Materiales Ferrosos

   • Ferrous metals are especially useful for engineering industrial applications, that is why they are widely used in the construction industry either as an essential part of structures (buildings, houses, bridges), as tools (screwdrivers, chisels, bolts) or as accessories (rails, in cars, bicycles).

3. Materiales NO Ferrosos

   • Non-ferrous metals are those that do not have the element iron in their composition, the most common examples being aluminum, copper, tin, zinc, lead and manganese. Although their production is smaller compared to ferrous metals, the truth is that they play a very important role in many engineering structures and in various industrial processes.

4. Materiales Compuestos

   • In materials science, composite materials are called those materials that are formed by the union of two or more materials to achieve the combination of properties that cannot be obtained in the original materials.

5. Materiales Polimeros

   • polymers are macromolecules formed by the union of fundamental units that repeat in a chain called monomers. The large number of monomers that compose a polymer gives the substance a high molecular weight. There are thousands of polymers, both natural and artificial.