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Unit 45: Typical Materials - Coggle Diagram
Unit 45: Typical Materials
Alaminium
Properties: lightweight, ductile, malieable, electrical and thermal conductor
AM: Selective Lazer melting
titanium
Properties: high strength, stiffness, toughness, low density, corrosion resistance
AM: direct metal laser sintering
steel
Properties: hardness, toughness, tensile strength, yield strength, fatigue strength, corrosion, malleability
AM: electron beam melting
gold
Properties: malleable, ductile, soft
AM: DMLS (Direct metal laser sintering), SLM process
gold unique physical properties: has a high boiling and melting point. it will not tarnish. gold is a noble metal. its very heavy and dense
silver
properties: soft, ductile, malleable, electrical and thermal conductivity
AM: powder bed fusion
polymers
crylonitrile Butadiene Styrene (ABS)
properties: high rigidity, good insulating resistance, good weldability, good abrasion, has high dimensional stability
AM: FDM 3D printing
polylactic acid (PLA)
Properties: Biodegradable, heat defalcation, tensile strength
AM: FDM 3D printing
polyamides
Properties: High strength and stiffness at high temperature, Good impact strength, even at low temperature, Good abrasion and wear resistance, Good fatigue resistance
AM: FDM 3D printing
Composites
cermets
Properties: soundness, strength, setting time, bulky density
AM: 3D concrete printing
carbon fibre
Properties: High modulus, high tensile strength, high stiffness
AM: inkjet printhead
epoxy resins.
properties: high strength, low shrinkage, effective electrical insulation, low cost and low toxicity
AM: photo polymer resin
glass fillers within polymers
properties: stiffness, tensile strenth, improved flexural modulus
AM: FDM 3D printing
