lower melting point and also great malleability in comparison with metals so it is cheaper to produce. Plastics can be easily formed into shapes as required. They can be also coloured while it is being manufactured, saving time for another process such as painting. Plastics also tend to have faster cycle times and turnover rates. It is also lighter compared to metals are fairly chemical resistant and does not rust compared to some metals. 4.0.4 Fibreglass Composites - This material combines the…
Koutsomichalis et al (2008) discussed that having high hardness and good adhesion with the substrate the sprayed coating exhibited satisfactory wear resistance. Tungsten carbide is an advanced ceramic material combining a unique set of properties such as high hardness, high melting point, wear resistance, good thermal shock resistance, thermal conductivity and good resistance against oxidation. They can be applied as coatings by thermal spraying processes such as plasma-spraying, high-velocity…
properties was reported by Faraday (1857) in his experiments with gold. He used the term “divided metals” to describe the material which he produced. Zsigmondy (1905)describes the formation of a red gold sol which is now understood to comprise particles in the 10 nm size range. Throughout the last century the field of colloid science has developed enormously and has been used to produce many materials including metals, oxides, organic sand pharmaceutical products. Many other well known…
electrons in their outer shell. “This group is called Alkaline Earth metals, they are called this because when they are mixed in solutions, they are likely to form solutions with a Ph greater than 7.” Metal, nonmetal or metalloid?…
The primary focus of the lab was to understand the process and effects of cold working and annealing compared to a baseline sample. Cold working is a form of strain hardening in which metals are worked through the use of applied pressure, thereby making the metal harder[]. This applied pressure led to harder material by creating linear defects known as dislocations. The specific type of dislocation that occurred in this lab was an edge dislocation where an extra plane of atoms was inserted into…
All metal manufacturing includes a solidification process. The metal is either atomised to a powder, or it is cast. There is several casting methods used today. Many of the methods use the mould only once, for example sand mould casting, the lost-wax method and precision casting. For larger quantities of liquid metal, there are basically two methods: ingot casting and continuous casting. Ingot casting normally uses a permanent mould made by cast iron isolated by ceramic material. There are…
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Fluorite, also called fluorspar, is a mineral that is composed of calcium and fluorine. Pure fluorite is colorless. Fluorite is known as the most colorful mineral in the world. Each colored fluorite has its own name. The most common colors for fluorite come in purple, blue, yellow, or green (King, Fluorite.) What makes fluorite colorful depends on what elements are substituting calcium in the crystalline structure. Fluorite is an interesting mineral because of its wide range of uses. People use…
A. Significance Copper is one of the most abundant transition metals in the human body and its redox characteristics make copper an important cofactor in many enzymes. Copper containing enzymes are important for tissue generation, synthesis of neurotransmitters, and catalysis of the electron transfer reactions.1 Because of its diverse functions, copper homeostasis deficiency is linked to many diseases. A prominent example is Wilson’s disease with a prevalence of approximately 1 case in 30,000…
silvery-white presentation, and it is also known that they are all alkali metals. It is also noticed that they are all soft metals easily cut with a knife rather than most metals such as calcium or iron. All three elements are stored within oil, with Sodium as an exception being stored in kerosene, as an attempt to prevent oxidation as metals in group 1 appear to oxidise in the open air quite rapidly. As previously mentioned both metals readily react with oxygen, producing a dull metallic…