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Materials - Coggle Diagram
Materials
Polymers
Thermoplastic
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PVC
Hard, thought, easily moulded
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Polyester
Strong, resistant to chemical abrasions and stretching
Polyethylene
It’s low strength, hardness and rigidity
high ductility and impact strength
Thermosetting plastics
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Bakelite
Usually used in electrical switches, radios and buttons
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Chemically compounds made of long chains of molecules with specific flexibility or stiffness qualities
Composites
Made of 2 or more materials
Strong, lightweight, resistant to corrosion and used to create vafiety of shape
used in automotive, aerospace industries, architecture and infrastructures
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Ferrous
Iron
The most used
it’s malleable, ductile and magnetic
Cast iron
Alloy of iron
has more of 2% of carbon
it’s hard, brittle, resistance to deformation, wear and excellent malleability
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Non ferrous
Alluminium
The most used after iron
it’s light, strong, resistant to corrosion, has good electrical and thermal conductivity
Copper
It’s a reddish metal
it’s soft, malleable, ductile, good conductor of electricity and heat
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Ceramics
Composed of silicon, carbide.
good insulators, heat and chemical resistant
used for tiles, pots, bricks, porcelains and cutting tools
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