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4 Composite Materials and their


Importance

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WHAT IS COMPOSITE MATERIAL??

 Composite material is a material made from combining two or more non-homogeneous substances.

 These non-homogeneous substances are the matrix substance and the strengthening substance.

 The matrix substance binds the strengthening substance together.

어서 오십시오
REINFORCED CONCRETE
01
SUPERCONDUCTOR
02
FIBRE GLASS
03
PHOTOCHROMIC GLASS
04
목차 05 OPTICAL FIBRE

COMPOSITE
MATERIALS
COMPONENT
 Concrete (cement & stone)

 Steel

PROPERTY
 Stronger

 Does not rust

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 Able to withstand a stronger force

USE
To build buildings, bridges
REINFORCED
CONCRETE

COMPONENT
Copper (II) oxide

 Barium
carbonate

 Yttrium oxide

PROPERTY
Conducts electricity with no resistance at
a very low temperature

USE

02
Used in MRI machines, Maglev trains,
generators, making computer parts

SUPERCONDUCTOR
03
FIBRE GLASS
COMPONENT
 Glass fibres

 Polyester
USE
To make helmets construction panels,
PROPERTY pipes, water tanks, racquets
 High tensile strength

 Does not corrode

 Can be moulded

 Stronger
COMPONENT
 Silver chloride

 Glass

PROPERTY
 Darkens when exposed to light

 Brightens when it is dark

USE
04 To make optical lenses, car
windshields

PHOTOCHROMIC
GLASS
COMPONENT
 Silica

 Sodium carbonate

 Calcium oxide

PROPERTY
 Able to transmit digital data at a high speed

 Flexible

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 Thinner

 Chemically inert

USE OPTICAL
Used as telecommunication cables,
medical endoscopes
FIBRE
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