Question

1:

A: Ceramics

Name two mechanical properties that make ceramics good candidates as cutting tools.

B: Polymers

What kind of bond is most often present to bond mers into polymers?

What are the two measures used to characterize how big the polymer chains are in a given

sample?

Explain the three/four structures polymers can form as the molecules grow.

Name the structure

Explain the mechanical properties the polymer exhibits relative to the other structures

Answer 1

1:

A: Ceramics - They have HIGH HARDNESS and WEAR STRENGTH which is very well suited as the properties in a cutting tool.

B: Polymers - Bond which is most often present to bond mers into polymers is COVALENT BOND. A molecule with just one MER is monomer When many mers are all together they form polymers which are bonded by Covent bonds.

The Tensile strength, yield strength are measures which basically are the main properties of the polymers which describes how big the polymer chain would be.