Smart Materials

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Test your knowledge of Smart Materials

Test your knowledge of Smart Materials

Think about each question carefully before choosing your answer. Try to get them right first time.

1) A ‘Smart Material’ is

A material

that looks neat.

A material that changes when its

environment changes.

A clever material.

2) What is the proper name for smart material that changes colour?

Thermochromic film

Thermographic sheet

Thermopigment dye

3) Which one of these is NOT a smart material ?

Polymorph

Pewter Lenticular sheet

4) What do these materials have in common ?:

Brass, Nitinol, Solder, Bronze & Pewter.

They are all smart

materials

They are all pure metals

They are all alloys

5) The letter ‘S.M.A.’ stand for...

Smart Material

Alloy

Shape Memory

Alloy

Smart Metal

Activator

6) Which part of a smart controller contains the smart material ?

The circuit board

The integrated circuit

The batteries

7) Which one of these smart materials is spelt correctly ?

Lenticolour sheet

Thurmochromic film Polymorp

h

Shape memory

aloy

8) Shape memory alloy will go back to its original shape when it is warmed to which temperature ?

Red hot

100 ’C

30’C

70 ‘C

50’ C

Freezing point

9) The word ‘Thermoplastic’ means:

A plastic which never

goes soft

A plastic which

hardens when

heated

A plastic which

goes soft when

heated

10) The letters ‘Q.T.C.’ stand for:

Quantum Tunnellin

g Compoun

d

Quality Tunnellin

g Compoun

d

Quantum Tuning

Composite

11) When the QTC material is used as a switch in an electrical circuit and is subjected to pressure, it:

Becomes a great

conductor

Becomes a great insulator

Becomes soft

12) Which of these smart materials would you find in the switch of a kettle ?

Polymorph

Thermochromic film

Lenticular film

Shape memory

alloy

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