Metals
A example of a metallic material
What is... Iron, Gold, Silver, Nickel, etc (anything in the "middle" of the periodic table)
What is porcelain, brick, glass, enamel, terra-cotta, stoneware, pottery, carbides, nitrides, etc (Anything made of nonmetallic and metallic elements)
An example of a Polymeric material
PET, PVC, Rubber, Nylon, ANY CLOTH, Cellulose, Silicone, PE, PP, PS, etc
The general Classification of a Metal
What is any conductive material that is mostly comprised of metallic elements
The general classification of ceramics
What is any hard brittle material that is comprised of mostly both nonmetallic and metallic elements
The general classification for polymers
What is any material made of monomers (long chains of reactive nonmetallic atoms)
Type of bonding, common in Metals. Involves the transfer of electrons between a metal and metals (contributes to their ductility and conductivity)
Type of bonding, common in ceramics. Involves the transfer of electrons between a metal and nonmetal (contributes to their high hardness and brittleness)
What is Ionic Bonding
Type of bonding, common in polymers. Involves the transfer of electrons between a nonmetal and a nonmetal (contributes to their plasticity and low strength)
What is Covalent bonding
Meaning of the last two numbers in the AISI/SAE steel numbering system
What is the percent of carbon present within the steel
This mechanism describes how ceramics typically fail: rapid crack propagation from pre-existing flaw (little to no plastic deformation beforehand)
Brittle fracture
The two main types of Plastics
What is thermoplastics and thermosets