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New materials have been among the greatest achievements of every age and they have been central to the growth, prosperity, security, and quality of life of humans since the beginning of history. It is always new materials that open the door to new technologies, whether they are in civil, chemical, construction, nuclear, aeronautical, agricultural, mechanical, biomedical or electrical engineering.

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Smart materials are designed materials that have one or more properties that can be significantly changed in a controlled fashion by external stimuli, such as stress, temperature, moisture, pH, ...

Domain: Materials science; Engineering; Education; Category: Metallurgy; Mechanical engineering; Knowledge

A refractory material is one that retains its strength at high temperatures.Refractory materials are used in linings for furnaces, kilns, incinerators and reactors. They are also used to make ...

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Materials composed of large molecules generally based on carbon,that have been formed from the chemical bonding of monomers.Monomers are small units which repeats to form polymers.They are commonly ...

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Materials composed of large molecules, generally based on carbon, that have been formed from the chemical bonding of smaller units (monomers). Monomers are small units which repeats itself to form ...

Domain: Education; Engineering; Category: General education; Mechanical engineering

Piezoelectric materials are materials that generate electrical voltage in response to applied mechanical stress (direct piezoelectric effect) and that change shape when electrical voltage is applied ...

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A material which is transparent to light or to infrared, ultraviolet, or x-ray radiation, such as glass and certain single crystals, polycrystalline materials (chiefly for the infrared), and ...

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Nuclear material refers to the metals uranium, plutonium, and thorium in any form.These types of materials are used to gain energy or atomic nuclear weapons.

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