Classifying by property
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How are materials classified?
Answer
By their physical, chemical and mechanical properties.
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How do you tell a physical property from a chemical one?
Answer
Measure it and put it back. If the material is unchanged the property is physical; if it reacted and was altered, it is chemical.
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Give two advantages of classifying materials.
Answer
It lets a designer eliminate candidates systematically, and it lets unlike materials be compared on the same measured terms using published data rather than testing everything.
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