Unique Materials.


The topic today is Materials.

First of all, Material is a broad term for a chemical substance or mixture of substances that constitute a thing.
In the metaphysical sense, materials can be anything something else is consisting of, whether pure or impure, a singular composite or a complex mix, living or non-living matter, whether natural or man-made, either concrete or abstract. We all know about materials. They are selected on the basis of their properties and strength. Because of recent breakthroughs in the field of science, new materials are invented. The earth is also itself one type of material and on earth there are many material which are classified by their properties.
The 4 types of materials having unique properties are:-
1) Liquid glass
2) Starlite
3) DMSO
4) Pykrete
You may have heard about some of the above mentioned names. But let’s get into details,

Liquid glass

Properties:
·         Ultra thin layer
·         Eco friendly as it is made up of sand or quartz
·         Protects from the oil, moisture, dirt, bacteria and gives surface an unequaled abrasion resistance
·         Less surface tension
·         The liquid glass is 200% flexible making it suitable for both soft and hard material
·         This coating does not change the properties of the coated material

Use
·         Mainly used for the surface protection
·         Coating is transparent and easily cleaned by the water
·         Car windscreen is also coated with the liquid glass coating
·         They are mostly useful for the screen coating of the multimedia devices

Starlite

This is new for you all, invented by amateur chemist and hairdresser Maurice ward.

Properties:

·         High thermal conductivity
·         It can also withstand the  temperature created by the LASER beam (10000 c)


Info
·         An interesting video about this material can be found on
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10C5oQiUU_U



Uses
·         No use. This sounds tricky but has an interesting story. The inventor of starlite ward was sensible and scared of losing control and rights to the material as NASA tried to get the information about this material. This kind of material has great demand in outer space. But the inventor refused to give a sample piece and took the secret with him when he died.

·         From the information, Starlite was in the powder form. So it was difficult to handle it and the coating was not sticking properly on the parts.

·         To solve this problem, PVA glue (poly vinyl acetate) must be added. But in contrast, this type of mixture has very small life span. So now, this material is a dream that should be converted into reality in the near future.




DMSO

DMSO is abbreviation for dimethyl sulfoxide.
Chemical Formula: - (CH3)2SO

            Properties
  • ·         Hazardous for the lungs.
  • ·         It creates lung irritation
  • ·         Also harmful for the eyes. So it should not have direct contact with eyes.
  • ·         So this is totally harmful for human beings.
  • ·         Boiling point is 189 C

   
          Uses:
  • ·         As it is harmful for human body, it is mainly used for solvents.
  • ·         It is also used in the biochemistry and cell biology
  • ·         They are used in polymerase chain reaction
  • ·         To inhibit secondary structure in the DNA template
  • ·         Also used in medicine due to its inflammatory and antioxidant properties




Pykrete

This material concept was given by Geoffrey Pyke, working for the British military.
Pykrete is the mixture of water and wood pulp powder or paper pulp.

Uses


  • ·         They are mainly used in the dome at the Polar Regions where ice is at its peak.
  • ·         This is solid and has tendency to resist the heat transfer
  • ·         It is also used for light-weight bullet-proof material.


More materials coming soon……..



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