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Typical Materials - Coggle Diagram
Typical Materials
Composites
Carbon fibre
Properties:
brittle, low tensile strength, poor electrical conductor, poor thermal conductor, low melting point, light weight, chemically resistant
Additive manufacture:
material extrusion
Fiberglass
Properties:
brittle, low tensile strength, poor electrical conductor, poor thermal conductor, low melting point, light weight, chemically resistant
Additive manufacture:
material extrusion
Kevlar
Properties:
brittle, low tensile strength, poor electrical conductor, poor thermal conductor, low melting point, light weight, chemically resistant
Additive manufacture:
material extrusion
Epoxy resins
Properties:
hard, brittle, low tensile strength, poor electrical conductor, poor thermal conductor, low melting point, light weight, chemically resistant
Additive manufacture:
material jetting, photo polymerisation
Cermets
Properties:
hard, brittle, low tensile strength, poor electrical conductor, poor thermal conductor, high melting point, light weight, chemically resistant
Additive manufacture:
material extrusion, wire deposition, powder bed fusion
PLA wood
Properties:
hard, brittle, high tensile strength, poor electrical conductor, poor thermal conductor, low melting point, light weight
Additive manufacture:
material extrusion
Glass fillers within polymers
Properties:
hard, brittle, high tensile strength, poor electrical conductor, poor thermal conductor, low melting point, light weight, flexible, chemically resistant
Additive manufacture:
material extrusion
Metals
Aluminium
Properties:
soft, tough, malleable, high tensile strength, good electrical conductor, good thermal conductor, low melting point, light weight
Additive manufacture:
powder bed fusion and wire deposition
Titanium
Properties:
hard, low tensile strength, poor electrical conductor, poor thermal conductor, high melting point, light weight
Additive manufacture:
powder bed fusion and wire deposition
Steel
Properties:
soft, tough, malleable, high tensile strength, good electrical conductor, good thermal conductor, high melting point, magnetic
Additive manufacture:
powder bed fusion and wire deposition
Gold
Properties:
soft, tough, malleable, high tensile strength, good electrical conductor, good thermal conductor, chemically unreactive, high melting point
Additive manufacture:
powder bed fusion
Silver
Properties:
soft, tough, malleable, high tensile strength, good electrical conductor, good thermal conductor, chemically unreactive, high melting point
Additive manufacture:
powder bed fusion
Polymers
PLA
Properties:
hard, brittle, poor electrical conductor, poor thermal conductor, high tensile strength, low melting point, light weight
Additive manufacture:
material extrusion
TPU
Properties:
hard, flexible, high tensile strength, poor electrical conductor, poor thermal conductor, low melting point, light weight
Additive manufacture:
material extrusion
ABS
Properties:
hard, tough, brittle, high tensile strength, poor electrical conductor, poor thermal conductor, low melting point, light weight
Additive manufacture:
material extrusion
Polyamides
Properties:
hard, brittle, high tensile strength, poor electrical conductor, poor thermal conductor, low melting point, light weight
Additive manufacture:
material extrusion
