How do you share your passion for material science with your students?
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Everything we see or touch has to be made from something. Where does it come from? What (bonding) holds it together? What is the life of the product? Is there a way to determine how long something will last before you buy it? Will it work as advertised?
Many times I see products advertised on tv and I pose the above questions to the students and then we examine the claims made vs what the science indicates says should happen. Thinking of the Copper Chef skillet, there are copper and ceramic on the same substrate. These two materials have different types of bonding. How do they make them stick together?
Since new materials are constantly being invented the supply of topics is endless.
Everything we see or touch has to be made from something. Where does it come from? What (bonding) holds it together? What is the life of the product? Is there a way to determine how long something will last before you buy it? Will it work as advertised?
Many times I see products advertised on tv and I pose the above questions to the students and then we examine the claims made vs what the science indicates says should happen. Thinking of the Copper Chef skillet, there are copper and ceramic on the same substrate. These two materials have different types of bonding. How do they make them stick together?
Since new materials are constantly being invented the supply of topics is endless.