The Factors in Selecting the Materials:

1. Selecting of material – it is the

ability to choose the materials using
the following considerations:
• Cost of the material – is the amount
of purchasing the materials, it may
differ from one supplier to another
even if the specifications are the
same.
• Environmental consideration –
anything that leads to the pollution of
soil,water and air, especially its
energy consumption impact. At the
end of ICT hardware use, recycling,
disposal, like e-waste this would be
used in landfills and would provide
impact and effect to the environment.
• Chemical properties – is a material
properties evident during the time of
its use will show chemical reaction.

• Physical properties – the
identifiable and unique aspect of a
material most particularly its basic
capabilities.
• Mechanical attributes – the
physical properties that any material
exhibits when applied with forces,
such as elasticity, tensile strength,
elongation, hardness and fatigue
limit.


• Company producing the material –
the business name provides identity
to the business and the product ut
produces, especially when the
enterprise produces unique and
amazing products.
2. Testing of Material – this will help
analyze the quality and standards of
materials using the following
techniques:

• Hardness tester – any device that
checks the hardness of a material by
measuring the durability of such
material.
• Comprehensive strength test – it is
more of mechanical test that
measures the maximum amount of
comprehensive load a material can
bear before such material breaks.

• Impact test – is used to observe the
mechanics how the material exhibit
when it experience shook and such
material immediately deform.
• Flouroscope – is an imaging machine
which uses X-rays to determined the
interior characterics of an object.

• Testing machine – a universal tester
for materials for testing tensile
strength and compressive strength of
materials.
• Creep test – is subjecting the
material to high temperature
progressive deformation at constant
stress test or ability to alter its form
after such test has been taken.

3. Cost of material – the amount
when buying or selecting the
materials for specific project. Though
this is economical in the selection
process, the amount must consider
also the quality and reliability of
materials.
Activity 1: Directions: Re-arrange the
letters to form the correct word
mentioned in the definitions.

N I O T C E L E S - is the ability to
choose materials using various
factors.
Answer: __________