Material Science

A material's ability to catch fire and burn; important for organic materials and reactive metals.

• Thermal conductivity

• Conductivity

• Combustibility

• Toxicity

A material's ability to withstand degradation from acids, solvents, water, or oxygen.

• Chemical resistance

• Toughness

• Tensile strength

• Biocompatibility

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NGSS.HS-PS2-6

The loss of chemical reactivity by some active metals and alloys, frequently by formation of a thin oxide surface coating.

• Absorptivity

• Combustibility

• Passivity

• Resistivity

The temperature at which a liquid begins to form as a material is heated.

• Melting point

• Freezing point

• Boiling point

• Hollow point

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

___________ is the strength of an electric field necessary to cause significant electric flow through a dielectric material.

• Conductivity

• Flexural strength

• Dielectric strength

• Tensile strength

Applied stress at the time of fracture from a test in which stress is perpendicular to the axis of deformation (bending); generally used to characterize beams.

• Flexural strength

• Tensile strength

• Dielectric strength

• Strain

The ability of a material to be reshaped in all directions without failure; sometimes called workability; an important characteristic of metals.

• Brittleness

• Flexible

• Ductility

• Malleability

The maximum strength, in tension (pulling), that can be absorbed without fracturing, breaking, or snapping.

• Biocompatibility

• Tensile strength

• Flexural strength

• Plastic deformation

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NGSS.MS-ETS1-2

Use in or on the human body without eliciting a rejection response from the surrounding body tissues.

• Malleability

• Resistivity

• Toxicity

• Biocompatibility

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NGSS.HS-ETS1-3

The kinds and relative count of elements, ions, or other constituents in a material

• Composition

• Decomposition

• Alloy

• Toughness

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NGSS.MS-PS1-1