Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Materials Vocab


Define the following terms in a comment to this blog.
Save a copy for yourself for reference. Due Friday.

Material Categories:
  • Alloy
  • Carbide
  • Ceramics
  • Composite
  • Compound
  • Elastomers
  • Element
  • Ferrous
  • Metal
  • Nitride
  • Organic
  • Oxide
  • Polymer
  • Thermoplastic
  • Thermoset

Material Properties:
  • Acoustical
  • Brittle
  • Chemical
  • Composite
  • Compression
  • Creep
  • Crystalline
  • Density
  • Dimensional
  • Ductility
  • Electrical
  • Fatigue
  • Force
  • Fracture
  • Grain Size
  • Gravity
  • Hardness
  • Inclusion
  • Load
  • Magnetic
  • Mechanical
  • Optical
  • Phase
  • Physical
  • Porosity
  • Resistance
  • Spatial Configuration
  • Strain
  • Stress
  • Tensile
  • Thermal
  • Toughness


Be prepared for a quiz later this week!

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Material Properties

For each of the following material categories, provide 5 examples.
  • Organics
  • Metals
  • Alloys
  • Polymers
  • Ceramics
  • Composites

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