Manufacturing - materials

Material properties: physical (density, hardness), aesthetic (colour, texture), structural (strength, toughness). Designers use these to choose suitable materials.

Hardwoods are strong, durable, and attractive. Softwoods are lighter and easier to work. Manufactured boards are versatile and cost-effective.

Thermosetting plastics set hard and can't be remelted; thermoplastics can be reshaped multiple times

Understand the properties and applications of ferrous and non ferrous metal, alloys and graphene and why they are used