Quiz

Fabrication of Plastics, Ceramics, and Composites

1. TRUE or FALSE: Thermosets cannot be cast 2. Process used in making bottles and other hollow-shaped containers 3. Production rate in Reaction Injection Molding depends on what? 4. Process used to produce long plastic products with uniform crosssection 5. TRUE or FALSE: In thermoforming, cooling is done by sprays of air or water 6-7. Two types of foams (based on permeability to liquids and gases) 8. Used to produce threaded holes in plastics 9. Process used to produce sheets of rubber 10. Another name for molten glass

11. TRUE or FALSE: Tempered glass is resistant to thermal shock 12. TRUE or FALSE: Ceramics can be processed in molten state 13-14. Give two gases used as pressurizing gases in HIP 15. Process used to strengthen ceramics 16-18. Three kinds of composite materials (classified by geometry) 19. TRUE or FALSE: Fiber-reinforced composites offer properties not attainable by individual components alone 20. TRUE or FALSE: Plastics, Ceramics, and Composites are used closer to their design limits

Answers:
1. False 2. Blow Molding 3. Curing Time 4. Extrusion 5. False 6-7. Open Cell, Closed Cell 8. Inserts 9. Calendering 10. Gob 11. True 12. False 13-14. Nitrogen/Helium/ Argon 15. Firing/Sintering/ Cementation 16-18. Laminar/Particulate/ Fiber-Reinforced 19. True 20. True