Ceramics Engineering Exam Questions
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What is a ceramic? - ✔✔A man made nonmetallic material
Example of a ceramic - ✔✔A brick
What is an ionic bond? - ✔✔When molecules are bonded and electrons are
transferred
What is a covalent bond? - ✔✔When molecules are bonded and share an
electron
How are ceramics bonded? - ✔✔Ionic Bonds
What is a macromolecule? - ✔✔Crystal lattices with covalent bonds at the
vertices
What is a cation? - ✔✔Positive Ions
What is an anion? - ✔✔Negative Ions
Cations in ceramics - ✔✔Are small
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, Anions in ceramics - ✔✔Are much bigger and surround the cations
How is glass formed - ✔✔SiO2 is melted and cooled so fast that crystals do
not form
What is an allotrope - ✔✔Materials with the same composition but different
crystal structures
Example of an allotrope - ✔✔Carbon
What is SiC used for? - ✔✔A very hard ceramic that is used in sandpaper
and grinding materials
Why are ceramics used in solar panels? - ✔✔They are used because you
can add things to them to cause defects which create energy from the sun
What is borosilicate glass? - ✔✔Glass that has additives which causes a
lower thermal expansion
Why is lead added to glass - ✔✔to increase the index of refraction so glass
sparkles
Why is potassium added to glass - ✔✔to make glass more scratch resistant
Why are ceramics used for vessals for melting metals - ✔✔Because they
have high temperature properties
What is plaster of Paris - ✔✔a hydrate
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What is a ceramic? - ✔✔A man made nonmetallic material
Example of a ceramic - ✔✔A brick
What is an ionic bond? - ✔✔When molecules are bonded and electrons are
transferred
What is a covalent bond? - ✔✔When molecules are bonded and share an
electron
How are ceramics bonded? - ✔✔Ionic Bonds
What is a macromolecule? - ✔✔Crystal lattices with covalent bonds at the
vertices
What is a cation? - ✔✔Positive Ions
What is an anion? - ✔✔Negative Ions
Cations in ceramics - ✔✔Are small
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, Anions in ceramics - ✔✔Are much bigger and surround the cations
How is glass formed - ✔✔SiO2 is melted and cooled so fast that crystals do
not form
What is an allotrope - ✔✔Materials with the same composition but different
crystal structures
Example of an allotrope - ✔✔Carbon
What is SiC used for? - ✔✔A very hard ceramic that is used in sandpaper
and grinding materials
Why are ceramics used in solar panels? - ✔✔They are used because you
can add things to them to cause defects which create energy from the sun
What is borosilicate glass? - ✔✔Glass that has additives which causes a
lower thermal expansion
Why is lead added to glass - ✔✔to increase the index of refraction so glass
sparkles
Why is potassium added to glass - ✔✔to make glass more scratch resistant
Why are ceramics used for vessals for melting metals - ✔✔Because they
have high temperature properties
What is plaster of Paris - ✔✔a hydrate
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