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WorksheetsWJEC Engineering Understand properties of engineering materials
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 9mins
If 2 products are left outside, 1 made from Ferrous Metal, and 1 made from a Non-Ferrous metal which one will corrode first?
Non-Ferrous Metal
Ferrous Metal
Which material listed below is a Ferrous Metal?
Copper
Brass
Zinc
Cast Iron
Which one of the metals below is a Non-Ferrous metal
Mild Steel
Cast Iron
Zinc
Wrought Iron
Which of these materials is not a composite material
Carbon Fibre
Glass-reinforced Plastic (GRP)
High Carbon Steel
Kevlar
Ability to be stretched without breaking (eg. copper)
Toughness
Ductility
Malleability
Tensile Strength
Resistant to breaking and bending
Toughness
Hardness
Compressive Strength
Corrosive Resistance
The ability to be pressed, spread-out or hammered
Elasticity
Malleability
Ductility
Tensile Strength
The ability of a material to resist scratching, cutting or wear-and-tear
Hardness
Compressive Strength
Conductivity (thermal)
Toughness
Very strong under pressure
Malleable
Tensile
Compressive Strength
Ductile
The ability of a material to without breaking or snapping. Retains strength when stretched.
Conductivity
(|Thermal)
Malleability
Ductilility
Tensile
Strength
The ability of the material to conduct an electric current.
Corrosive Resistance
Ductilility
Conductivity
(electrical)
Elasticity
Ability to regain its original shape (eg. rubber)
Tensile Strength
Elasticity
Compressive Strength
Malleability
Property changes due to working (eg. bending steel back and forth)
Environmental degradation
Work Hardening
Hardness
Ductility
Will snap easily and will not bend (eg. glass)
Tensile Strength
Ductility
Brittleness
Conductivity (Thermal)
Ability to conduct heat (most metals such as steel cooking pans)
Conductivity (Thermal)
Conductivity (Electrical)
Corrosive Resistance
Ductility
If it will corrode in the environment it is working in (eg. Iron rusts)
Environmental Degradation
Compressive Strength
Conductivity (Thermal)
Corrosive Resistance
How the material corrodes and degrades in an environment (salt, water, weather, fire)
Malleability
Environmental Degradation
Work hardening
Compressive Strength
