Composites

Composites

________ are not new, and one of the earliest known examples is combining mud (wet soil or clay) with plant material, such as straw, to make bricks from which walls and buildings could be constructed.

CFRP

________ is used extensively within the aerospace industry, it has a high tolerance to heat, and is used to replace traditional, heavier metal- based materials.

Reinforcement

________:** the material in a composite that provides structure and adds strength.

Carbon fibres

________ are resistant to stretching and the result is a rigid material, light in weight yet very strong.

△ CFRP

________ is used in the manufacture of Formula 1 car bodies.

Cure

________:** the process of allowing a substance, for instance a polymer resin used within a composite, to harden and set.

Matrix

________:** the material in a composite that performs the binding function.

flexible matrix

It is made from strands of glass, which form a(n) ________ or fabric.

GRP

________ is a popular composite which is widely used in the manufacture of car bodies, water tanks, swimming pool slides, canoes and boat hulls.

Composite

________:** a material that is made from two or more materials which have significantly different physical or chemical properties.

Kevlar®

On its own, ________ is not a composite material, but when layers of the woven fabric are combined with resin, the result is an extremely rigid, lightweight material that has 20 times the strength of steel.

Glass fibre Reinforced Polymers

________ (GRP), also known as fibreglass, is a relatively modern composite material.

Composites

________ are used because they can be engineered to meet the exact requirements of a specific application.

Kevlar®

Stronger than steel, when woven and manufactured into garments ________ is probably best known as the material used in the manufacture of bullet- proof vests.

GRP

In ________ the glass- fibre woven fabric is the reinforcement, and the polyester resin is the matrix.

Kevlar®

________ is one of a family of materials developed from a synthetic fibre created by chemist Stephanie Kwolek in 1965, while she was developing a new material to make lighter tyres.

**Composite

**a material that is made from two or more materials which have significantly different physical or chemical properties

**Cure

**the process of allowing a substance, for instance a polymer resin used within a composite, to harden and set

**Matrix

**the material in a composite that performs the binding function

**Reinforcement

**the material in a composite that provides structure and adds strength