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Metallic Materials

Ionic bond
300,000 - Covalent bond Metallic bond
Metals and Alloys

- Cobalt alloy
Composites - High strength steel
Strength (psi) 200,000 - Ceramics - Kevlar-epoxy - Alloy steel
- Carbon-epoxy

- Cu-Be alloy
- Nickel alloy
- Titanium alloy
- Boron-
polyimide

100,000 - - SiC - Carbon- - Cu-Zn brass
- Si N
3
4
polyimide - Aluminium alloy
Polymers - ZrO 2 - Glass-polyester

- PEEK - Al O 3 - Zinc alloy
2
- Nylon - Lead
- Polyethene

Representative strengths of various categories of materials
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Politeknik Ibrahim Sultan