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65 relations: Aerospace materials, Alloy, Amorphous solid, Atom, Biology, Biomaterial, Bronze Age, Building insulation material, Building material, Carbon, Ceramic, Chemical element, Chemical property, Chemical synthesis, Composite material, Crystal, Crystal structure, Dimension, Engineering, Foam, Force, Geology, Geometry, Glass, Hardness, Heat capacity, Hybrid material, Hylomorphism, Inorganic chemistry, Ion, Iron Age, List of manufacturing processes, List of synthetic polymers, Material selection, Materials science, Matter, Metal, Metallic bonding, Metamaterial, Microscopy, Mixture, Molecule, Nonmetallic material, Nuclear material, Orientation (geometry), Philosophy of matter, Physical object, Physical property, Plastic, Polymer, ... Expand index (15 more) »
Aerospace materials
Aerospace materials are materials, frequently metal alloys, that have either been developed for, or have come to prominence through their use for aerospace purposes. Material and aerospace materials are materials.
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Alloy
An alloy is a mixture of chemical elements of which in most cases at least one is a metallic element, although it is also sometimes used for mixtures of elements; herein only metallic alloys are described.
Amorphous solid
In condensed matter physics and materials science, an amorphous solid (or non-crystalline solid) is a solid that lacks the long-range order that is characteristic of a crystal.
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Atom
Atoms are the basic particles of the chemical elements.
Biology
Biology is the scientific study of life.
Biomaterial
A biomaterial is a substance that has been engineered to interact with biological systems for a medical purpose – either a therapeutic (treat, augment, repair, or replace a tissue function of the body) or a diagnostic one.
Bronze Age
The Bronze Age was a historical period lasting from approximately 3300 to 1200 BC.
Building insulation material
Building insulation materials are the building materials that form the thermal envelope of a building or otherwise reduce heat transfer.
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Building material
Building material is material used for construction.
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Carbon
Carbon is a chemical element; it has symbol C and atomic number 6.
Ceramic
A ceramic is any of the various hard, brittle, heat-resistant, and corrosion-resistant materials made by shaping and then firing an inorganic, nonmetallic material, such as clay, at a high temperature.
Chemical element
A chemical element is a chemical substance that cannot be broken down into other substances by chemical reactions.
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Chemical property
A chemical property is any of a material's properties that becomes evident during, or after, a chemical reaction; that is, any quality that can be established only by changing a substance's chemical identity.
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Chemical synthesis
Chemical synthesis (chemical combination) is the artificial execution of chemical reactions to obtain one or several products.
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Composite material
A composite material (also called a composition material or shortened to composite, which is the common name) is a material which is produced from two or more constituent materials.
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Crystal
A crystal or crystalline solid is a solid material whose constituents (such as atoms, molecules, or ions) are arranged in a highly ordered microscopic structure, forming a crystal lattice that extends in all directions.
Crystal structure
In crystallography, crystal structure is a description of ordered arrangement of atoms, ions, or molecules in a crystalline material.
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Dimension
In physics and mathematics, the dimension of a mathematical space (or object) is informally defined as the minimum number of coordinates needed to specify any point within it.
Engineering
Engineering is the practice of using natural science, mathematics, and the engineering design process to solve technical problems, increase efficiency and productivity, and improve systems.
Foam
Foams are materials formed by trapping pockets of gas in a liquid or solid.
Force
A force is an influence that can cause an object to change its velocity, i.e., to accelerate, meaning a change in speed or direction, unless counterbalanced by other forces.
Geology
Geology is a branch of natural science concerned with the Earth and other astronomical objects, the rocks of which they are composed, and the processes by which they change over time.
Geometry
Geometry is a branch of mathematics concerned with properties of space such as the distance, shape, size, and relative position of figures.
Glass
Glass is an amorphous (non-crystalline) solid. Material and Glass are materials.
Hardness
In materials science, hardness (antonym: softness) is a measure of the resistance to plastic deformation, such as an indentation (over an area) or a scratch (linear), induced mechanically either by pressing or abrasion.
Heat capacity
Heat capacity or thermal capacity is a physical property of matter, defined as the amount of heat to be supplied to an object to produce a unit change in its temperature.
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Hybrid material
Hybrid materials are composites consisting of two constituents at the nanometer or molecular level.
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Hylomorphism
Hylomorphism is a philosophical doctrine developed by the Ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle, which conceives every physical entity or being (ousia) as a compound of matter (potency) and immaterial form (act), with the generic form as immanently real within the individual.
Inorganic chemistry
Inorganic chemistry deals with synthesis and behavior of inorganic and organometallic compounds.
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Ion
An ion is an atom or molecule with a net electrical charge.
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Iron Age
The Iron Age is the final epoch of the three historical Metal Ages, after the Chalcolithic and Bronze Age.
List of manufacturing processes
This tree lists various manufacturing processes arranged by similarity of function.
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List of synthetic polymers
Some familiar household synthetic polymers include: Nylons in textiles and fabrics, Teflon in non-stick pans, Bakelite for electrical switches, polyvinyl chloride (PVC) in pipes, etc.
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Material selection
Material selection is a step in the process of designing any physical object.
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Materials science
Materials science is an interdisciplinary field of researching and discovering materials. Material and materials science are materials.
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Matter
In classical physics and general chemistry, matter is any substance that has mass and takes up space by having volume.
Metal
A metal is a material that, when polished or fractured, shows a lustrous appearance, and conducts electricity and heat relatively well.
Metallic bonding
Metallic bonding is a type of chemical bonding that arises from the electrostatic attractive force between conduction electrons (in the form of an electron cloud of delocalized electrons) and positively charged metal ions.
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Metamaterial
A metamaterial (from the Greek word μετά meta, meaning "beyond" or "after", and the Latin word materia, meaning "matter" or "material") is a type of material engineered to have a property that is rarely observed in naturally occurring materials.
Microscopy
Microscopy is the technical field of using microscopes to view objects and areas of objects that cannot be seen with the naked eye (objects that are not within the resolution range of the normal eye).
Mixture
A mixture is a material made up of two or more different chemical substances which can be separated by physical method.
Molecule
A molecule is a group of two or more atoms held together by attractive forces known as chemical bonds; depending on context, the term may or may not include ions which satisfy this criterion.
Nonmetallic material
Nonmetallic material, or in nontechnical terms a nonmetal, refers to materials which are not metals.
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Nuclear material
Nuclear material refers to the metals uranium, plutonium, and thorium, in any form, according to the IAEA.
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Orientation (geometry)
In geometry, the orientation, attitude, bearing, direction, or angular position of an object – such as a line, plane or rigid body – is part of the description of how it is placed in the space it occupies.
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Philosophy of matter
Philosophy of matter is the branch of philosophy concerned with issues surrounding the ontology, epistemology and character of matter and the material world.
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Physical object
In common usage and classical mechanics, a physical object or physical body (or simply an object or body) is a collection of matter within a defined contiguous boundary in three-dimensional space.
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Physical property
A physical property is any property of a physical system that is measurable.
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Plastic
Plastics are a wide range of synthetic or semi-synthetic materials that use polymers as a main ingredient.
Polymer
A polymer is a substance or material consisting of very large molecules linked together into chains of repeating subunits.
Raw material
A raw material, also known as a feedstock, unprocessed material, or primary commodity, is a basic material that is used to produce goods, finished goods, energy, or intermediate materials that are feedstock for future finished products. Material and raw material are materials.
Refractory
In materials science, a refractory (or refractory material) is a material that is resistant to decomposition by heat or chemical attack that retains its strength and rigidity at high temperatures. Material and refractory are materials.
Secondary sector of the economy
In macroeconomics, the secondary sector of the economy is an economic sector in the three-sector theory that describes the role of manufacturing.
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Semisynthesis
Semisynthesis, or partial chemical synthesis, is a type of chemical synthesis that uses chemical compounds isolated from natural sources (such as microbial cell cultures or plant material) as the starting materials to produce novel compounds with distinct chemical and medicinal properties.
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Shape
A shape is a graphical representation of an object's form or its external boundary, outline, or external surface.
Silicon
Silicon is a chemical element; it has symbol Si and atomic number 14.
Solid
Solid is one of the four fundamental states of matter along with liquid, gas, and plasma.
Spectroscopy
Spectroscopy is the field of study that measures and interprets electromagnetic spectra.
Stiffness
Stiffness is the extent to which an object resists deformation in response to an applied force.
Stone Age
The Stone Age was a broad prehistoric period during which stone was widely used to make stone tools with an edge, a point, or a percussion surface.
Strength of materials
The field of strength of materials (also called mechanics of materials) typically refers to various methods of calculating the stresses and strains in structural members, such as beams, columns, and shafts.
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Textile
Textile is an umbrella term that includes various fiber-based materials, including fibers, yarns, filaments, threads, different fabric types, etc.
Thermal conductivity and resistivity
The thermal conductivity of a material is a measure of its ability to conduct heat.
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Thermal energy
The term "thermal energy" is used loosely in various contexts in physics and engineering, generally related to the kinetic energy of vibrating and colliding atoms in a substance.
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Toughness
In materials science and metallurgy, toughness is the ability of a material to absorb energy and plastically deform without fracturing.
References
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