composites

What is the definition of a composite?

• Composites are when you weld two or more metals together to form a new type of metal.

• Composites are a combination of two or more materials that are bonded together to improve their mechanical or physical properties.

• Composites are when you take 2 or more metals and fuse them through melting.

• Composites are when you take 2 or more matrix and mix them to create a new material.

Laminated glass is often used to make...

• Greenhouses

• Windows in high-rise buildings

• Windows in residential buildings

• Vehicle windshields

True or False - Particle re-enforcing in composites is a less effective means of strengthening than fibre reinforcement

• True

• False

What is the matrix used to join carbon fibers?

• PVA

• Epoxy resin

• Cyanoacrylate

• Urea formaldehyde

What are some advantages of synthetic materials?

• Cheaper to manufacture 
• Stronger than similar products made from natural material
• Often better quality 
• All of the above

A composite material is made of 

• A single material
• Two or more separate materials
• Two or more chemically combined materials
• None of these

A composite material has:

• The same functionality as its components
• Lower functionality than its components
• Higher functionality than its components
• None of these

What is the matrix of a composite?

• The strengtheners of the composite
• The base of the composite
• The mold that the composite is poured in 
• The volume of a composite

What are the reinforcements of a composite?

• The strengtheners of the composite
• The base of the composite
• The mold that the composite is poured in 
• The volume of a composite

Composites always have at least a ______ and a _______

• structure and tensile strength

• matrix and structure

• tensile strength and reinforcement

• matrix and reinforcement