Materials vocabulary
this type of material does NOT let heat or electricity to flow through it easily
What is an insulator?
This is a chemical that can be added to make concrete harden faster.
What is salt?
This is the subatomic particle that is responsible for the conductivity of a material.
What is an electron?
This object has a large weight for its size.
What is heavyweight?
This describes a special quality that something possesses.
What is a property?
This property is when a material is stretched yet then able to return to its original shape when released.
What is elastic?
What are cement, water, and aggregate?
This is what happens to conductivity if the surface area is decreased.
What is it decreases?
This is mass divided by volume.
What is density?
This is the density of something that will sink in water.
What is greater than 1 g/mL?
This is a material that is able to soak up liquid easily.
What is absorbent?
This is the golden ratio of water: cement: aggregates.
What is 1:2:3?
This is an example of an insulator.
What is air?
This is a material that does NOT have the ability to have light pass through it.
What is opaque?
This is an example of a heavyweight aggregate.
What is steel?
This is when a material can be easily scratched when you run a fingernail over it.
What is soft?
This is added to concrete to make asphalt.
What is crude oil?
This is an example of a conductor.
What is a metal?
This describes something that is broken easily.
This is an example of lightweight aggregate.
What is vermiculite?
This property is when a material breaks into many small pieces?
What is shatter?
These are fine or coarse aggregates that are chemically inert.
What is filler?
This is how conductivity is related to resistivity.
What is inversely proportional?
This material does NOT bend easily.
What is rigid?
This is what this class is officially called.
What is Material Science?