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Material Classification Overview

The document classifies and categorizes common materials used in manufacturing. It divides materials into ferrous metals like steel, iron, and alloys versus non-ferrous metals like copper, aluminum, and alloys. It also includes plastics. The document then provides a table with the specific weight, melting point, and coefficient of linear thermal expansion for various chemical elements.

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Material Classification Overview

The document classifies and categorizes common materials used in manufacturing. It divides materials into ferrous metals like steel, iron, and alloys versus non-ferrous metals like copper, aluminum, and alloys. It also includes plastics. The document then provides a table with the specific weight, melting point, and coefficient of linear thermal expansion for various chemical elements.

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Westermann Tables 1

Materials
Classification and categories

Ferrous metals Non-


Steel Iron ferrous Plastics
metals

Tool Cast Malleable Copper, Lead PVC


Structural Cast
steel steel iron Zinc, Tin,
steel iron
White- Nickel, Al Vulcani-
heart Copper alloys zed fibre
Carbon Carbon Grey malleable
cast iron Al alloys
steel tool steel iron Amino-
Zinc alloys
Black- plasts
Alloy Alloy Alloy heart
malleable Solders Phenol-
steel tool steel cast iron
iron plasts

General properties of materials


Chemical elements

Specific weight—Melting points—Coefficient of linear (thermal) expansion

Sym- Element Specific Melting Coefficient Sym- Element Specific Melting Coefficient
bol weight or solidi- of linear bol weight or solidi- of linear
gf/cm3 fication (thermal) gf/cm 3 fication (thermal)
point expansion point expansion
°C α °C α

Ag Silver 10.5 961 0.000 020 Ni Nickel 8.9 1453 0.000 013
Al Aluminium 2.7 660 0.000 024 P Phosphorus 1.82 44 0.000 124
Au Gold 19.3 1063 0.000 014 Pb Lead 11.35 327 0.000 029
Ba Barium 3.74 704 Pt Platinum 21.45 1769 0.000 009
Be Beryllium 1.85 1283 0.000 012 Ra Radium 5.00 700
Bi Bismuth 9.75 271 0.000 013 S Sulphur 2.06 113 0.000 064
C Carbon Sb Antimony 6.69 630 0.000 011
Graphite 2.25 3550 0.000 008 Se Selenium 4.5 217 0.000 037
Diamond 3.52 3600 0.000 001 Si Silicon 2.4 1410 0.000 008
Ca Calcium 1.55 850 Sn Tin 7.3 232 0.000 023
Cd Cadmium 8.64 321 0.000 029 Ta Tantalum 16.6 3030 0.000 007
Ce Cerium 6.9 775 Th Thorium 11.2 1827 0.000 011
Co Cobalt 8.8 1492 0.000 013 Ti Titanium 4.52 1812 0.000 009
Cr Chromium 7.1 1800 0.000 007 U Uranium 18.7 1132
Cu Copper 8.9 1083 0.000 017 V Vanadium 5.96 1730
Fe Iron 7.86 1535 0.000 012 W Tangsten 19.27 3380 0.000 004
Ir Iridium 22.42 2443 0.000 006 Zn Zinc 7.13 420 0.000 026
K Potassium 0.86 63 0.000 084 Zr Zirconium 6.5 1852 0.000 005
La Lanthanum 6.18 826 Hg Mercury 13.5 – 39
Li Lithium 0.53 180 0.000 058 Cl Chlorine – 101
Mg Magnesium 1.74 650 0.000 026 H Hydrogen – 259
Mn Manganese 7.3 1244 0.000 023 He Helium – 272
Mo Molybdenum 10.21 2610 0.000 005 N Nitrogen – 210
Na Sodium 0.97 98 0.000 071 Ne Neon – 249
Nb Niobium 8.55 2415 0.000 007 O Oxygen – 219

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