CLASS OF MATERIAL	RELATED  LAB EXPERIMENTS	PROPERTIES, EXAMPLES	HISTORY
METALS	Physical Properties of Materials Properties of Crystals Heat Capacities of Materials Modification of Metal Properties Effect of Metals on Fabric Dyeing	Metallurgy examples from the Science Museum: Brass ... Bronze ... Manganese steel ... Tin ... Tantalum Orthopaedic Metal Alloys US Steel's automotive steel varieties American Elements catalog "Eco-design" and Strategic Metals What's That Stuff? fireworks ... handwarmers Building a greener battery	Wisconsin copper mining Old Copper Culture Milwaukee Public Museum Roman mining iron age smelting,forging,charcoal making Medieval ironworking BBC blast furnace How Steel is Made (AISI) Basic Oxygen Furnace Steelmaking NOVA Samurai Sword Hall process for Aluminum sustainability at Alcoa USGS critical minerals report
POLYMERS	Physical Properties of Materials Heat Capacities of Materials Fiber Identification Polymers from Monomers Paper Chromatography Effect of Metals on Fabric Dyeing	Macrogalleria of polymers American Chemistry Council information about Plastics Paper Making 101 Paper Mill Sustainability USDA Forest Products Lab Nanocellulose Pilot Plant wood products plywood data polymers for 3D extrusion printers record-setting 3D printer nonstick coating renewable feedstocks: Ingeo   Sorona  Virent Transforming Textiles What's That Stuff? paper ... leather... amber ...  chewing gum ... Jello ... polyurethane foam ... Lycra/Spandex ... contact lenses ... dryer sheets ... raincoats... Silly Putty ... pencils ... erasers ... plastic bags ... adhesive tape ...liquid bandages ... Silly String ...golf balls ...bowling balls ... new car smell ... synthetic grass ... gasoline ... motor oil ... asphalt	History of Paper Breaking the Plastic Bag Habit Reinvention of Silk Spartacus sites on textile industry Industrial Revolution BBC spinning mill 20th Century textile mills Bakelite (Science History Institute) macromolecular theory (Science History Institute) neoprene & nylon (Science History Institute) first addition polymers (Science History Institute) Plastics Historical Society The Art of the Brick History of Sugru US Trade data AIPIA Active & Intelligent Packaging
DYES & PAINTS	Paper Chromatography Preparation of Pigment and Paints Effect of Metals on Fabric Dyeing	light and color food coloring Paula Burch's web site (dyes) Dharma Trading Company Pigments for Oil Paints (Gamblin) Air-Ink What's That Stuff? oil paints ...  hair coloring ... henna ... ink ... tattoo ink... food coloring ... nail polish ... road markings ... self-darkening eyeglasses ... instant film  sunglasses "on demand" video Earth Pigments	Did Vikings navigate with polarized light? ancient dyes iron age dyeing turkey red dyeing Sir William Henry Perkin, FRS  synthetic dyes Pigments through the Ages Egyptian blue pigment Urushi (Japanese lacquer) Amami Oshima Kimonos traditional Easter egg dyes
CERAMICS	Physical Properties of Materials Heat Capacities of Materials Identification of Metals in Ceramics Preparation and Modification of Glass Preparation of Concrete	sustainable pottery at Saint John's Ceramics Arts Network Kintsugi   video Refraction of Light Corning Science of Glass Scientific Glassblowing chemically strengthened glass Vitro(PPG) glass processing videos colors of gemstones Porcelain Enamel Properties Brick Manufacture Self Healing Concrete demonstration of bendable concrete LEED certification LEED certified buildings at UWO What's That Stuff? glass ..updated glass... body armor ... cement ... opals	neolithic archaeology (Field Museum) iron age pottery making Athenian black & red figured vases firing black & red figured vases faience Ceramics Collection at V&A Museum Wedgwood Collection glass shaping techniques Schott glass Bergstrom-Mahler Museum of Glass Corning Museum of Glass Corning Glass timeline dichroic Lycurgus Cup Venetian Glass UN International Year of Glass 2022 NOVA Roman Bath robotic bricklayers?
SEMICONDUCTORS AND ADVANCED MATERIALS		LEDs Photolithography Molecular Beam Epitaxy CVD Diamond what your smartphone is made of DOE solar cell materials: Si  CdTe  CIGS earth-abundant perovskite III-V organic kesterites Intel chip fabrication everyday uses of nanotechnology quantum dots manufacturing superconductors NOVA's Making Stuff: World's Strongest Stuff	Timeline of Semiconductors in Computers Computer Chip Visionaries Win Turing Award Nobel Prize for Blue LED NOVA: Materials That Changed History OLED displays quantum dot TV screens Parker Solar Probe rare earth mining recycling e-waste Solving The E-waste Problem A new circular vision for electronics

Last updated: April 27, 2023