CHAPTER 1

Question 1

What does processing affect?
What does structure affect?

Answer 1

processing affects structure
structure affects hardness

Question 2

Characteristics of metals

Answer 2

Strong, ductile
High thermal and electrical conductivities
Opaque and reflective

Question 3

Characteristics of polymers/plastics

Answer 3

Non-metallic element compounds
soft, ductile, low strengths, and low densities
Low thermal and electrical conductivities
Opaque, translucent, or transparent

Question 4

Characteristics of ceramics?

Answer 4

Compounds of metallic and non-metallic elecments
hard and brittle
low thermal and electrical conductivities
opaque, translucent or transparent

Question 5

What are composites

Answer 5

materials that are combination of at least two chemically distinct components (with distinct interface)

Question 6

What are the properties of metals categories

Answer 6

mechanical
electrical
thermal
magnetic
optical

Question 7

How do you increase resistivity?

Answer 7

Increasing temperature
Increasing impurity content
Deformation

Question 8

How do you decrease thermal conductivity

Answer 8

Increasing impurity content

Question 9

What affects optical properties?

Answer 9

Structural characteristics