Resistant materials
- Created by: JonathanColeman
- Created on: 01-04-14 13:11
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- Materials
- Hard Wood
- Ash
- Light, creamy-brown colour, open-grained, tough, flexible
- Sports equipment, wooden ladders, tool handles
- Light, creamy-brown colour, open-grained, tough, flexible
- Beech
- White to pinkish-brown in colour, close-grained, hard, tough, strong, warps easily
- Furniture, toys, tool handles
- Elm
- Light to medium brown in colour, open and sometimes interlocking grain, tough, durable, resists splitting, durable in water
- Indoor and outdoor furniture
- Light to medium brown in colour, open and sometimes interlocking grain, tough, durable, resists splitting, durable in water
- Mahogany
- Pink to reddish-brown colour, fairly strong, durable, some interlocking grain
- Good quality furniture
- Pink to reddish-brown colour, fairly strong, durable, some interlocking grain
- Oak
- Light brown colour, strong, hard, tough, open-grained, corrodes steel screws and fittings
- Interior woodwork, good quality furniture
- Light brown colour, strong, hard, tough, open-grained, corrodes steel screws and fittings
- Ash
- Ferrous metals
- Cast Iron
- Hard skin, softer underneath, but brittle, corrodes by rusting
- Mild steel
- Tough, ductile, malleable, good tensile strength, poor resistance to corrosion
- Stainless steel
- Hard and tough, resistant to wear and corrosion
- Cast Iron
- Non-ferrous metals
- Aluminium
- Good strength-to-weight ratio, light, soft, ductile, good conductor of heat and electricity
- Copper
- Malleable and ductile, good conductor of heat and electricity, resistant to corrosion
- Brass
- Resistant to corrosion, fairly hard, good conductor of heat and electricity
- Tin
- Soft, weak, malleable, ductile and resistant to corrosion
- Aluminium
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- Smart Materials
- Smart colours
- thermochromic pigments react to changes in temperature
- photochromic pigments react to changes in light levels
- are used in the manufacture of sunglasses
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- Smart colours
- Hard Wood
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