The document discusses the history and development of ceramics. It notes that ceramics derive their name from the Greek word for burnt substance and that desirable properties are achieved through firing. Traditionally, important ceramics were made from clay, like china, bricks and tiles. However, significant recent progress has been made in understanding ceramics and how their unique properties form, leading to a new generation of ceramics used in electronics, computers, medicine, and aerospace.
The document discusses the history and development of ceramics. It notes that ceramics derive their name from the Greek word for burnt substance and that desirable properties are achieved through firing. Traditionally, important ceramics were made from clay, like china, bricks and tiles. However, significant recent progress has been made in understanding ceramics and how their unique properties form, leading to a new generation of ceramics used in electronics, computers, medicine, and aerospace.
The document discusses the history and development of ceramics. It notes that ceramics derive their name from the Greek word for burnt substance and that desirable properties are achieved through firing. Traditionally, important ceramics were made from clay, like china, bricks and tiles. However, significant recent progress has been made in understanding ceramics and how their unique properties form, leading to a new generation of ceramics used in electronics, computers, medicine, and aerospace.
NPM : 20420009 CLASS : K1 Text 4.1 The term ceramic comes from the Greek word keramikos, which means burnt substance. The desirable properties of these materials are normally achieved through a high-temperature heat treatment called firing. Up until the past sixty years, the most important materials in this class were called traditional ceramics, for which the raw material is clay, e.g. china, bricks, tiles and in addition, glasses and high-temperature ceramics. Recently, significant progress has been made in understanding the fundamental character of these materials and of the phenomena that occur in them that are responsible for their unique properties. Consequently, a new generation of these materials has evolved, and the term ceramic has taken on a much broader meaning. These new materials are applied in, e.g. electronics, computers, communication technology, biomedical implants and aerospace. 1. Write down five subjects of the sentences from the text! Answer : 1. The desirable properties of these materials 2. The most important materials in this class 3. Significant progress 4. A new generation of these materials 5. These new materials 2. Write down five verbs of the sentences from the text! Answer : 1. Are normally achieved 2. Were called 3. Has been made 4. Has evolved 5. Are applied 3. Make and write five question sentences with question words! Answer : 1. Are the desirable properties of these materials normally achieved through a high- temperature heat treatment called firing?
2. Has significant progress been made in understanding the fundamental character of
these materials and of the phenomena that occur in them that are responsible for their unique properties? 3. Were the most important materials in this class called traditional ceramics, for which the raw material is clay, e.g. china, bricks, tiles and in addition, glasses and high-temperature ceramics? 4. Has a new generation of these materials evolved? 5. Are these new materials applied in, e.g. electronics, computers, communication technology, biomedical implants and aerospace? 4. Write five answers from the question sentences! Answer : 1. Yes, they are normally achieved through a high-temperature heat treatment called firing 2. Yes, It has been made in understanding the fundamental character of these materials and of the phenomena that occur in them that are responsible for their unique properties 3. Yes, they were called traditional ceramics, for which the raw material is clay, e.g. china, bricks, tiles and in addition, glasses and high-temperature ceramics? 4. Yes, It has evolved 5. Yes, they are applied in, e.g. electronics, computers, communication technology, biomedical implants and aerospace