Composite Metals

Question 1

What is a composite metal

Answer 1

It is a mixture of two or more materials, combined to produce a material with improved properties

Question 2

How is concrete made

Answer 2

Mixing cement, sand, aggregate and water together

Question 3

What does the reinforcement of the concrete form

Answer 3

The matrix

Question 4

What is tensile strength

Answer 4

The resistance to being stretched

Question 5

What is compressive strength

Answer 5

Is a measure of how well a material resists being squashed

Question 6

Why would steel be put into concrete

Answer 6

Helps resist cracking much better than concrete alone

Question 7

How is plywood made

Answer 7

Odd numbers of thin sheets of wood, each glued together at right angles to he sheet below.