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what is brittle?

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Snaps, rather than changing
shape, when stressed.

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what is stiff?

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difficult to bend or stretch

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what is strong?

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hard to pull apart or crush

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what is hard?

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difficult to dent or scratch

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what is flexible?

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bends easily w/o snapping or breaking

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wghat is durable?

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lasts a long time and doesnt wear away

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what is dense?

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mass per unit volume of a material

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what is malleable?

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able to be hammered or pressured into shape without breaking or cracking

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what is an conductor?

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an object or type of material that allows the flow of charge or heat in one direction

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what is an insulator?

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an object or type of material that does not allow the flow of charge or heat

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at uis tensile strength?

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how much a material can resist a pulling force

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what is compressive?

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how much a material can resist a pressing force

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what is strength?

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how good a material is at resisting force

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what are the 4 classes of material?

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ceramics, plymers, metsls, composites

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what is a composite?

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  • a material made up of two or more separate materials.
  • once finished, the composite will have unique properties when compared to the starting materials
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what is an alloy?

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a mixture containing one or more metal elements

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what are examples of alloys?

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steel, amalgam, brass, duralumin, alnico

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an example of a composite

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concrete

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qualities of ceramics

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high melting points, hard, strong

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qualities of polymers

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strong, tough, durable, insulators

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qualities of metals

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conductors, malleable, high melting and boiling points, high density

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qualities of composites

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high strength, low density, durable

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what are polymers?

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large molecules made from small units (monomers)

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what is low density polyethene?

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flexible polymer produced with moderate temperature, high pressure and catalyst

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what is high density polyethene?
rigid polymer, made with a lower temperature and pressure and a different catalyst
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what are the properties of giant covalent structures?
- high melting points and boiling points as lots of energy are needed to break the covalent bonds in the structure. - 1 giant structure
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what properties does diamond have?
- each carbon atom in diamond is bonded to 4 other carbon atoms by strong covalent bonds, giving it a high melting point - hard - doesnt conduct electricity
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what is nanotechnology?
the study of extremel small substances called nanoparticles
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how are nanoparticles measured?
nanometres
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waht are the main propertires of nanoparticles?
- small size - high surface area to volume ratio, meainging there is more space fore the reaction to happen
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how are nanoparticles used?
clothing, sunscreen, self-cleaning windows, sports equipment, packaging
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how are np used in clothing?
- socks have np of silver for its antibac properties - stain resistant fabrics help reduce water and energy used in washing clothes
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how are np used in cosmetics?
e.g sun tan cream and deodorant. They make no white marks.
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what are risks of nanoparticles?
- small size makes it easy to breathe in - once in the body, they might catalyse reactions that are harmful. due to the small size, they could react with cells - not all risks have been researched - nanoparticles that go down the drain can affect living organisms
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what is buckminsterfullerene?
-C60 (60 carbon atoms) - hollow ball made of carbon atoms arranged in hexagons and pentagons
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what are allotropes of carbon?
graphene, nanotube, fullerene, diamond, graphite
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why do fullerenes have high melting and boiling points?
they have a giant covalent structure
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why is graphene transparent?
it is only one atom thick
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why does graphene have a low density?
ther is a low mass to volume ratio
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why does graphene have high strength
because of its giant structure and covalent bonds
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why is graphene a good conductor of electricity?
carbon atoms only form three bonds so electrons are delocalised across the entire sheet
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why is graphene flexible?
it is only a single sheet of layered carbon atoms
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what is oxidation?
loss of electrons gain of oxygen
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what is reduction?
gain of electrons loss of oxygen
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what is a redox reaction?
when oxidation and reduction take place at the same time
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what is a life cycle asssesment?
provides a cradle environment to grave analysis of the impact of a manufactured product on the environment
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are lca's good?
yes as they help to show us how much energy is useful and wasted and helps us to find better alternatives
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what are the main stages of a life cycle assesment?
making materials manufacture transporting the product using the product disposing the product
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what is open looped recycling?
- collect recycled plastic - sort and clean it - grind into flakes - separate contaminants - process into sheets and fibres - make new products like carpet fibres and non food containers
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what is closed looped recycling?
- sort and clean PET bottles and containers - convert the polymer back into its monomers - repolymerise the pure monomer - use polymer granules to make new food grade products
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what is PET?
polyethylene terephthalate
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advantage of closed loop
can be reused many times w/o devaluing
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disadvantage of closed loop
veryu expensive lots of energy neeed for depolymerisation
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what is corrosion?
destruction of materials by chemical reactions with substances in the environment (e.g. rusting) - water and oxygen
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how can you combat corrosion?
Rusting can be prevented by excluding oxygen and water e.g. by: o painting o coating with plastic o using oil or grease
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what is an allotrope?
different structural forms of the same element in same physical form
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properties of diamond
-each carbon atom is bonded to 4 other carbon atoms - each covalent bond is strong so needs lots of energy to be broken - doesn't conduct electricity as there are no free ions or electrons
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properties of graphite
-each carbon atom is bonded to 3 other carbon atoms - arranged in hexagons tat from large flat sheets, then on top of one another but are held very weakly as there are no bonds between them - this makes them free to slide over each other and us why it is soft - high melting point as each layer is strongly held by covalent bonds - one spare electron that is delocali88sed which allows it to conduct heat and electricity - one single layer is graphene
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what technology uses fullerenes?
nanotech

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