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Mo6-L3a: What are Compound Materials?

Laminar composite is a composite material that Key Concept
consists of two or more layers of different materials
that are bonded together. What are Compound Materials?

What are composite materials?

(a) (b) (c)

a. Conventional Laminar Composite Structure
b. Sandwich Structure - Foam Core
c. Sandwich structure using honeycomb core

Type Properties Examples
Particle Stronger, Concrete
Composite Cheaper

Laminar Flexible, Plywood
Composite Light,
Weight

Reinforced Light, Tennis
Composite Stronger, Racket
Rigid

SUMMARY

How Are Substances, Compounds, and Mixtures
Different?
The individual materials of the composite
material remain separate within the finished
structure, making them different from
mixtures and solid solutions.

They do not completely blend or lose their
individual identities; they combine and
contribute their most useful traits to improve
the final product.

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