Material Properties

Ceramics

Porcelain characteristics describe a specific class of ceramic defined by material composition, microstructure, and performance behaviors rather than a single ingredient. Broadl...

materials-science

Diamond brittleness describes how diamond reacts to stress, especially the tendency to chip, fracture, or cleave under impact or pressure despite being the hardest natural mater...

engineering-plastics

Polylactic Acid, commonly referred to as PLA, is a biodegradable thermoplastic derived from renewable resources such as corn starch or sugarcane, and it is widely used in 3D pri...

materials-science

Silver conducts electricity because its atoms release outer electrons that form a shared “sea” of mobile charge carriers. In a metal lattice, atomic cores sit in a regular a...

science_chemistry

The carbon structure formula describes how carbon atoms arrange and bond to form diverse substances, from diamond to graphene. In its neutral atom, carbon has 6 protons, 6 neutr...

materials

Density of steel is commonly expressed as around 7,850 kilograms per cubic meter (kg/m3). This approximate figure represents the mass per unit volume of most common carbon and a...

materials-science

Ferrous iron refers to iron and alloys that contain appreciable iron content, notably steel and cast iron, characterized by magnetic properties and vulnerability to rust in the...

Science and Technology

Combustible describes materials that can burn in air with a sustained flame when exposed to a strong enough ignition source. This evergreen explainer clarifies the science of co...