Exam – Modern and Smart Material

Subject – Design and Technology (Edexcel GCSE 9-1)

Centre Number 91686

Topic: Modern and Smart Materials

Date: ___06___ April 2020

Time 80 minutes

Candidate Name: Yousif Al Naqbi

Total Marks /50

Marks Allocation Marks Gained

Question 1-5 Multiple Choice 5 marks

Question 6-10 Fill in the blank with drop down menu 5 marks

Question 11-15 Input True or False in table provided 5 marks

Question 16 -25 Short answer questions 35 marks

Total Marks 50 marks

Instructions

Complete all questions

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Exam – Modern and Smart Material
Total marks allocated for this paper is 50

Total marks for each question is shown in bracket

Please use the above as guidance to how long you should spend on each question

Advice

● Read each question carefully before you start to answer it.

● Try to answer every question.
● Check your answers if you have time at the end.
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Remember, modern materials have useful properties built in, it is also a class of materials that have
been developed through the intervention of new or improved processes. However, smart materials
react to changes in the environment, they change their properties in response to stimuli e.g.
temperature, light, stress, moisture or PH. They often return to their original state when the stimuli is
taken away – the changes are reversible.

Please complete multiple choice questions by clicking inside the box or highlighting the correct answer

1. Conductive ink does not contain the following

a) Silver ☐
b) Carbon ☐
c) Copper ☐
d) Graphite ☐
(1 mark)
2. Piezoelectric material is used for
a) Welding mask and googles ☐
b) Windows ☐
c) Burglar alarms ☐
d) Orthodontic wires ☐
(1 mark)
3. An advantage of Reactive glass is?

a) It is useful in biomedical applications ☐

b) Lighter and more economical than traditional circuit boards ☐
c) Can combine properties e.g. lightweight but robust and scratch resistant ☐
d) It retains heat so reduces energy bill ☐
(1 mark)
4. What is special about SMA?

a) Change colour when bent ☐

b) It will return to original shape after being deformed, if heat is applied to it. ☐
c) Return to its orginal shape after being deformed without heat being applied to it. ☐
d) It will not return to its original shape based on how it is deformed. ☐
(1 mark)

5. Which of the following is used for a shape memory polymers

a) Sunscreen ☐
b) Glasses frame ☐
c) Car bumpers ☐
d) Plane cockpit windows ☐
(1 mark)
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Please fill in the blank using the drop down menu by clicking on choose an item or choose from the
box provided below

Piezoelectric Material Conductive Ink Nanomaterial Temperature Responsive Polymer

Photochromic Glass None of the above

6. Can deliver drugs, cells or proteins to patients in a controlled way when mixed with liquid
polymer - TEMPERATURE RESPONSIVE POLYMER.Choose an item.
(1 mark)

7. Contain pigments that allow small currents to flow through even when dry - CONDUCTIVE
INKS.Choose an item.

(1 mark)

8. Darken when exposed to light and reverses in the dark -PHOTOCHROMIC GLASS.Choose an item.

(1 mark)

9. It is a smart material used on a tennis racquet - NANOMATERIAL.Choose an item.

(1
mark)

10. It can work in reverse, generating movement when an electric charge is applied
- PIEZOELECTRIC MATERIAL.Choose an item.
(1 mark)

Fill in the table below with true or False

No Sentences True or False

11 Conductive ink is cheap and cannot repair circuits on printed circuit boards FALSE

12 Temperature – Responsive Polymer is used to inject into a patient, a gel deposit TRUE
forms and the drug is released in a control way.

13 Shape Memory Alloys - are alloys that remember their original shape TRUE

14 Antibacterial fabrics does not use nanoparticles of silver to kill bacteria FALSE

15 Graphene is incredibly light and strong, it is also a great conductor of heat and TRUE
electricity,
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(5 marks)
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Please complete all short answer questions

16. What does SMA stands for?

SMA STANDS FOR (SHAPE MEMORY ALLOYS).

(2 marks)

17. What material are the nanoparticles made of in antibacterial fabrics?

Nano titanium dioxide is currently used in textiles for UV protection

and researchers are looking into its applicability for antibacterial
purposes by combining nano titanium dioxide with nano silver.
Such equipped textiles should be able to attack microorganisms,
degrade organic pollutants and neutralise bad odours.

(2 marks)

18. Name a smart material.

In simple words, smart materials are those materials which adapt themselves as per
required condition. Some common examples of SMs are Shape Memory Alloy.

(2 marks)

19. For the material you have named in question 3, state the property that makes it a smart
material.

Shape Memory alloys are metals that exhibit the properties of pseudo-elasticity and the
Shape Memory Effect. Current popular Shape Memory Alloys include NiTi (Nickel
Titanium), CuZnAl, and CuAlNi.The load on the Smart Memory Alloy is increased until it
turns into Martensite.

(2 marks)

Figure 1 shows a pair of sunglasses

a) State one smart material that could be used to make a part of this
product in figure 1.
Photochromic materials as they can be used for the design of
optical switches, optical data storage devices, energy-
conserving coatings, eye-protection glasses, and privacy
shields. Photochromic materials and systems have
Figure 1
several important uses depending on the rates of the
optical transformations.
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(2 marks)

b) Explain how the “smart property” of the material you give in a) could
Be useful to the user of the product.
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(3 marks)

20. Explain one advantage of conductive ink.

Using conductive inks makes it quick and easy and quick to
produce a simple circuit board; no need for computers and
etching of PCB boards. Using conductive inks is less
polluting than the traditional chemical-etching manufacturing
method of PCBs.

(2 marks)

21. Explain two ways in which the aesthetic properties of

polymers are affected by user requirements.

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(5 marks)

22. Name two properties of Photochromic glass

Photochromic lenses may be made of glass, polycarbonate, or another plastic. They are
principally used in eyeglasses that are dark in bright sunlight, but clear in low
ambient light conditions. They darken significantly within about a minute of
exposure to bright light, and take somewhat longer to clear.
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(4 marks)

23. Name a modern material;

A modern material is a material that has been engineered to have improved properties .
Concrete , aluminium and steel are all commonly used modern materials, but
more recent additions include materials that have changed the way we
manufacture and use products

(3 marks)

24. State two properties of the modern material you have named in question 8.
TITANIUM
a) .Tilanium is an exlremelg corrosion-resislant melal wilh a high slrenglh-to-weighl ratio.
b) A Drocess was develooed in lhe lgSos lhal allowed litanium to be exlracted easilu and
cheaolu en
c) to be used in lhe aerospace indusiru (aireafl and spacecrafl)
d) -
e) this is ils main use to lhis dag.
f)
g) Tilanium is dif{icult and therefore expensive lo rnachine (e.g. drill, cul, polish).
h) Recenl developmenls in QAJ&M have helped lo reduce rnachining cosls and make il a
more
i) usable malerial, e.g. for bone replacemenls, denlal implanls, fu, ships and arrnour.
j)

(4 marks)

25. List two advantages and disadvantages of Graphene

Graphene has a lot of other promising applications: anti-
corrosion coatings and paints, efficient and precise
sensors, faster and efficient electronics, flexible displays,
efficient solar panels, faster DNA sequencing, drug
delivery, and more.

Some of the major disadvantages of graphene include

but are not limited to; Being a great conductor of electricity, although it
doesn't have a band gap (can't be switched off).Scientists are working
on rectifying this. The main disadvantage of graphene as a catalyst is its
susceptibility to oxidative environments.
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(4 marks)