English National Curriculum Science

8. Explore glass, ceramics and composites

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Describe how we make soda lime glass and borosilicate glass

Describe how clay ceramics are formed

Describe what's meant by a composite and give examples of composites

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glass

Substance which is brittle and hard made by mixing soda and lime with fusing sand then cooling it.

ceramics

Objects created by hardening clay in heat.

composite

Something which is made up of multiple elements or parts.

borosilicate

Glass which has a low-melting point made of boron in the anion within a silicate.

soda-lime

Sodium hydroxide and calcium oxide mixed together.

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