A Composite Material is one which combines the properties of more than one material to produce a more useful material for a particular purpose. In a composite material, one of the materials is used as a matrix while the other acts as a filer. Composite materials are not just synthetic but natural also. Natural Composites include bone, ivory and teeth. The four composite materials needed are listed below- Composite Materials present Advantages Uses Reinforced Glass Glass matrix Stronger and less Windows and reinforced with brittle than glass Doors wire mesh Reinforced Concrete matrix Hard like concrete Construction Concrete reinforced with with the flexibility industry, for steel rods and strength of buildings steel Glass-reinforced Plastic matrix Flexible like Boats, car bodies plastic reinforced with plastic. Much and canoes glass fibre stronger than matting plastic and less brittle than glass Bone Calcium Hard like calcium Skeleton phosphate phosphate but reinforced with more flexible than protein fibres calcium phosphate Table : Composite Materials and Advantages
A Composite Material is one which combines the properties of more than one material to produce a more useful material for a particular purpose. In a composite material, one of the materials is used as a matrix while the other acts as a filer. Composite materials are not just synthetic but natural also. Natural Composites include bone, ivory and teeth. The four composite materials needed are listed below- Composite Materials present Advantages Uses Reinforced Glass Glass matrix reinforced with wire mesh Stronger and less brittle than glass Windows and Doors Reinforced Concrete Concrete matrix reinforced with steel rods Hard like concrete with the flexibility and strength of steel Construction industry, for buildings Glass-reinforced plastic Plastic matrix reinforced with glass fibre matting Flexible like plastic. Much stronger than plastic and less brittle than glass Boats, car bodies and canoes Bone Calcium phosphate reinforced with protein fibres Hard like calcium phosphate but more flexible than calcium phosphate Skeleton Table : Composite Materials and Advantages