performance Calculation of quantities of Definition of: characteristics: materials sizes and costs. Modern materials for – ‘man-made Modern materials performance’ (they do not respond to external stimulus, unlike Smart materials) microfibres Microfibres a high number of fine synthetic – nano-fibres filaments in one yarn, that are finer that one denier or tex (decitex). eg Kevlar, Polartec microencapsulated Nano-fibres than microfibers, unique – fibres and fabric. for high porosity and specialist, biological Laminated materials applications Microencaplulated release etc. – Students should be able when pressure is applied. Eg Purista, to describe the Amicor, Microban. membrane system and Group work to research and discuss fibre the principles behind effects and applications supply students – how laminated fabrics with printed material, set up a for ‘jigsaw’ work. sharing information. Gore-Tex Laminated materials, definition of: Sympatex Laminated fabrics combine two or more bonded fabrics, eg layers of different fabrics, bonded together fake leather backed by adhesive or by the thermoplastic by a fabric to qualities of one, or both of the fabrics. give stability. Gore-Tex and Sympatex. Students to investigate the properties of two fabrics from the booklet, or printer material. Supply all students with a printed image of Gore-Tex (internet images with no annotations). Students to critically analyse the fabric by annotating;
performance characteristics: Modern materials microfibres nano-fibres microencapsulated fibres and fabric. Laminated materials Students should be able to describe the membrane system and the principles behind how laminated fabrics work. Gore-Tex Sympatex bonded fabrics, eg fake leather backed by a fabric to give stability. Calculation of quantities of materials sizes and costs. Definition of: Modern materials – ‘man-made for performance’ (they do not respond to external stimulus, unlike Smart materials) Microfibres – a high number of fine synthetic filaments in one yarn, that are finer that one denier or tex (decitex). eg Kevlar, Polartec Nano-fibres – than microfibers, unique for high porosity and specialist, biological applications Microencaplulated – release etc. when pressure is applied. Eg Purista, Amicor, Microban. Group work to research and discuss fibre effects and applications – supply students with printed material, set up a ‘jigsaw’ for sharing information. Laminated materials, definition of: Laminated fabrics combine two or more layers of different fabrics, bonded together by adhesive or by the thermoplastic qualities of one, or both of the fabrics. Gore-Tex and Sympatex. Students to investigate the properties of two fabrics from the booklet, or printer material. Supply all students with a printed image of Gore-Tex (internet images with no annotations). Students to critically analyse the fabric by annotating;
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