EDEXCEL GCSE RESISTANT MATERIALS

YOU NEED TO LEARN: AESTHETIC, FUNCTIONAL AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES, APPLICATION AND ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF THE FOLLOWING WOODS AND MANUFACTURED BOARDS WHEN MANUFACTURING PRODUCTS:

• OAK
• MAHOGANY
• BEECH
• ASH
• PINE
• http://www.technologystudent.com/designpro/natwd1htm
•  
• PLYWOOD
• CHIPBOARD
• MDF
• HARDBOARD
• http://www.technologystudent.com/designpro/mboard1.htm
• http://www.technologystudent.com/joints/plywoods1.html
• wider study http://www.woodbin.com/calcs/wdpick.htm

YOU NEED TO LEARN: AESTHETIC, FUNCTIONAL AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES, APPLICATION AND ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF THE FOLLOWING FERROUS AND NON FERROUS METALS WHEN MANUFACTURING PRODUCTS:

• MILD STEEL
• STAINLESS STEEL
• CARBON STEEL
• ALUMINIUM
• COPPER
• ZINC
• BRASS
• COMPOSITION OF MILD STEEL AND BRASS
• http://www.technologystudent.com/designpro/metals1.html

YOU NEED TO UNDERSTAND AND DESCRIBE THE FOLLOWING PROPERTIES WHEN SELECTING AND USING METALS IN PRODUCT MANUFACTURE:

• DUCTILITY
• MALLEABILITY
• HARDNESS
• TOUGHNESS
• ELASTICITY
• STRENGTH IN TENSION, COMPRESSION AND SHEAR

http://www.technologystudent.com/joints/matprop1.htm

http://www.technologystudent.com/joints/matprop2.htm

YOU NEED TO LEARN: AESTHETIC, FUNCTIONAL AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES, APPLICATION AND ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF THE FOLLOWING THERMOPLASTICS WHEN MANUFACTURING PRODUCTS:

• ACRYLIC
• POLYETHENE
• POLYVINYL CHLORIDE
• HIGH IMPACT POLYSTYRENE
• ACRYLONITRILE-BUTADIENE-STYRENE(ABS)