Old KS4 Science Curriculum - Science
Mission Objectives
Describe how we make soda lime glass and borosilicate glass
Describe how clay ceramics are formed
Describe what's meant by a composite and give examples of composites
Words and meanings to learn
glass
Substance which is brittle and hard made by mixing soda and lime with fusing sand then cooling it.
ceramics
Objects created by hardening clay in heat.
composite
Something which is made up of multiple elements or parts.
borosilicate
Glass which has a low-melting point made of boron in the anion within a silicate.
soda-lime
Sodium hydroxide and calcium oxide mixed together.
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