Name: Franz Eric C.

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Section: BSCE-1A

Civil Engineering Orientation

Activity # 3
Materials Engineering

Objective: The general objective of the activity is to find and identify any materials that relate to
Materials Engineering.

Procedure:
1. Look around your house, apartment or back/front/ side yards.
2. Find any materials that relate to Geology.
3. Take a photo of the materials, e.g. granite counter top, slate/ parquet/marble/tiles
flooring, glass, dry wall ( gypsum board, wood partition}, decorative rocks, etc.
4. Briefly describe the material.

Result:

Wood is essentially composed of Plastic can either be synthetic or

40-45% of cellulose, hemicelluloses,
lignin, and extractives. There are
advantages of wood as a material; it is
renewable, it is durable and strong, it has
higher insulation rating than steel and
plastic.
biobased. Synthetic plastics are derived
from crude oil, natural gas or coal. Whilst
biobased plastics come from renewable
products such as carbohydrates, starch,
vegetable fats and oils, bacteria and other
biological substances. Plastics are
convenient, cheap, variety of different
uses, lightweight and more.
 Aluminum originates from
bauxite, an ore typically found in the
topsoil of various tropical and
subtropical regions. Aluminum won’t
swell, chip or rust, does not deteriorate,
light yet strong, increased strength and
durability, and low surface hardness.
Glass is made from natural and
abundant raw materials such as sand,
soda ash, and limestone that are melted at
very high temperature to form a new
material and that is glass. Glass transmits
up to 80% of available natural day light
in both directions without yellowing and
easy to design. But expensive and
breakable.
Galvanized steel wire is a
versatile wire that has undergone the
chemical process of galvanization.
Galvanization involves coating stainless
steel wire with a protective, rust-
preventive metal, such as zinc.
Galvanized wire is strong, rust-resistant
and multi-purposeful. It also comes in a
variety of gauges.
Papers are made from the
cellulose fibers that are extracted from a
variety of sources and converted to pulp.
Pulp is combined with water and placed
on a paper making machine where it is
flattened, dried, and cut into sheets and
rolls. Papers are ease of design, flexible,
and has various thickness. But papers are
also vulnerable, not strong, and not
moisture proof.