Physical Properties
Shininess is another name for what?
Luster
What type of material starts with clay?
Ceramics/Porcelain/Brick
Able to last for a long time without breaking or wearing out.
Durable
Units of Density
Mass per volume (g/cm3, g/mL)
What is added to iron to make steel?
Carbon
What two types of conductivity did we talk about?
Electrical and Thermal
Which material is both brittle and transparent?
Glass
Man-made substances created through chemical processing, rather than occurring naturally.
Synthetic
Type of test to measure flexibility
Bend test
What is an alloy?
2 or more metals mixed together
Something small, yet heavy, has a high what?
Density
Iron/Cobalt/Nickel
The degradation of materials exposed to the environment.
Weathering
Type of test to measure brittleness
Stress/Pressure/Break Test
What material (which was on our list) is harvested from trees, and is not wood?
Rubber
A material that bends is flexible, a material that can be molded is what?
Malleable
Which material has the highest thermal conductivity?
Silver
The fundamental properties that define a material
Characteristics
Type of test to measure hardness and the scale.
Scratch test & Mohs scale.
The metal cap on top of the Washington Monument is what?
Aluminum
What is ductility?
Ability to be pulled into a wire.
What type of non-metallic material (B&D Sheet) is synthetic?
Plastic
The emission of particles caused by the spontaneous disintegration of atomic nuclei.
Radioactivity
To measure electrical conductivity, you’re measuring it’s electrical….what?
Resistance
Long chains of molecules, like plastics, are called what?
Polymers