Materials Science

4. The property of a material that describes how it appears to reflect light.
5. A type of material made from long chains of repeating units.
8. A material that conducts electricity well.
13. A material with a regular, repeating arrangement of atoms.
14. The ability of a material to absorb energy and deform without fracturing.
15. A material that does not conduct electricity well.
16. A group of materials with high strength and stiffness, often used in aerospace.
20. The temperature at which a solid changes to a liquid.
22. The breaking or fracturing of a material under stress.
23. A measure of a material's resistance to flow.
24. The arrangement of atoms in a material.
27. A material that is a compound of metal and nonmetal.
28. The process of hardening a metal by heating it and then cooling it rapidly.
29. A measure of how much a material can be stretched before it breaks.

1. The ability of a material to be hammered into thin sheets.
2. A long chain of repeating molecules.
3. A process used to join materials by melting them together.
6. The resistance of a material to indentation or scratching.
7. The ability of a material to be drawn into wires.
8. A material made of two or more phases.
9. A material that can be deformed plastically without fracturing.
10. A type of bonding where electrons are transferred between atoms.
11. A diagram showing the phases of a material at different temperatures and compositions.
12. The force per unit area.
17. The study of the properties of materials and their applications.
18. A mixture of two or more metals.
19. A measure of a material's resistance to deformation.
21. The smallest unit of an element.
25. The ability of a material to deform under stress and return to its original shape.
26. A type of bonding where electrons are shared between atoms.