MATERIALS ENGINEERING

ACTIVITY NO. 1

1. ILLUSTRATE AND DISCUSS THE HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE OF MATERIAL.

Materials may be defined as substance of which something is composed or made.
Materials are probably more deep-seated in our culture than most of us realize.
• Transportation, housing, clothing, communication, recreation, and food production—virtually every segment of our every

• The earliest humans had access to only a very limited number of materials, those that occur naturally: stone, wood, clay,

• With time they discovered techniques for producing materials that had properties superior to those of the natural ones;

Furthermore,it was discovered that the properties of a material could be altered by heat treatments and by the addition of

2.IN EACH STAGES IDENTIFY THE BENEFITS OF MATERIALS IN HUMAN KIND

# STONE AGE AS SAID FISRT PEOPLE USE TO LIVE ON EARTH IN ORDER SURVIVE THEY USE STONE AND WOODS TO HUNT A

#BRONZE AGE An ancient civilization is defined to be in the Bronze Age either by producing bronze by smelting its own cop
#IRON AGE = Iron Age, final technological and cultural stage in the Stone–Bronze–Iron-Age sequence. The date of the full Ir
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Cuison J-mell
Delacruz, Dave
Tablada,John Vincent

y every segment of our everyday lives is influenced to one degree or another by materials.

naturally: stone, wood, clay, skins, and so on

o those of the natural ones; these new materials included pottery and various metals.

ments and by the addition of other substances.

NE AND WOODS TO HUNT ANIMAL IN ORDER THEM TO EAT THEY USE ANIMAL SKIN TO MAKE CLOTHES

onze by smelting its own copper and alloying with tin, arsenic, or other metals, or by trading for bronze from production areas elsewher
uence. The date of the full Iron Age, in which this metal for the most part replaced bronze in implements and weapons, varied geograp
m production areas elsewhere. Bronze itself is harder and more durable than other metals available at the time, allowing Bronze Age ci
nd weapons, varied geographically, beginning in the Middle East and southeastern Europe about 1200 BCE but in China not until abou
time, allowing Bronze Age civilizations to gain a technological advantage.
E but in China not until about 600 BCE. Although in the Middle East iron had limited use as a scarce and precious metal as early as 3000
ecious metal as early as 3000 BCE