Technical articles

In each issue of the newsletter there is a pull out article designed for you to keep. The topic of this article often relates to something in the news or covers an area new to the curriculum. The complete collection is amassed here for the first time...

(File names highlighted in BOLD are publicly available, all other files are only available to members of the Schools Affiliate Scheme)

	Autumn term	Spring term	Summer term
2011 - 2012	Composites I (PDF, 103kB) Materials for aerospace (PDF, 168kB)	Composites II	Composites III
2010 - 2011	Copper (PDF, 179kB) Ceramics I (PDF, 149kB)	Recycling (PDF, 163kB) Ceramics II (PDF, 143kB) Electrolycra (PDF, 441kB)	Ceramics III (PDF, 308kB) Two-balloon experiment (PDF, 207kB)
2009 - 2010	Wood (PDF, 150kB) Alloys III (PDF, 106kB)	Technical textiles (PDF, 220kB) Polymers I (PDF, 144kB)	Auxetic materials (PDF, 170kB) Polymers II (PDF, 76kB)
2008 - 2009	Smart ceramics (PDF, 194kB) Is graphite ceramic? (PDF, 137kB)	Bionic Man (PDF, 144kB) Alloys I (PDF, 155kB)	QTC (PDF, 176kB) Alloys II (PDF, 102kB)
2007 - 2008	Smart materials (PDF, 173kB)	Hydrogen economy (PDF, 137kB)	Sports materials (PDF, 150kB)
2006 - 2007	Antimicrobial alloys (PDF, 72kB)		Nanotechnology (PDF, 157kB)
2005 - 2006		Silly putty (PDF, 74 kB)
2004 - 2005	Materials for food packaging (PDF, 124kB)		Aerogel (PDF, 74kB)
2003 - 2004	Materials for skiing (PDF, 83kB)		Spider silk (PDF, 100kB)
2002 - 2003	Living in a material world (PDF, 109kB)	Materials that are music to your ears (PDF, 79kB)	Prosthetic limbs (PDF, 59kB)