Materials Science in Everyday Life - From Glass to Sugar

Materials Science in Everyday Life - From Glass to Sugar

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Materials Science in Everyday Life - From Glass to Sugar

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  1. 1 Intro
  2. 2 What is materials science and how does it relate to making?
  3. 3 Intro to glass
  4. 4 What’s the science behind glass blowing? demo
  5. 5 The optical properties of glass
  6. 6 Intro to plastic - and Grandad George
  7. 7 The issues with recycling plastic
  8. 8 Steel – and breaking the landspeed record
  9. 9 What happens when you freeze a Snickers? demo
  10. 10 Why do brittle materials break?
  11. 11 Blacksmithing demo
  12. 12 Intro to brass
  13. 13 How harmonics work
  14. 14 Demonstrating the Rubens tube
  15. 15 How the trumpet has evolved
  16. 16 What can you make a trumpet out of?
  17. 17 Intro to sugar molecules
  18. 18 Why sugar burns
  19. 19 What sugar crystals look like
  20. 20 Conclusion

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