材料科学英语南京林业大学编Unit 8 Lecture 4 Critical thinking.pptx

Unit8SustainableMaterials1TextATimberasasustainablematerialTextBAsustainablehome

Objectives:1.GettoknowdifferentTimberproductsandstatetheirrespectivemajorproperties.2.Gettounderstandthedifferencebetweenrenewablematerialsandsustainablematerials.Lecture4Criticalthinking

Lecture3CriticalthinkingDiscussiontask1:Trytonametimberproductsasmanyaspossiblethataremadeofsustainablematerialsinourdailylife.3

Plywood:anassembledproductmadeupofveneersgluedtogethersothatthegrainofalternatelayersisatrightanglesLVL:mostofthelayersarearrangedtomakethegrainparalleltothelengthoftheboardGlulam:gluingsmallpiecesoflaminatestogethertoproducelargesizesandlonglengthsOthers:Particleboard,mediumdensityfiberboard(MDF),hardboard,andblockboard.Newtrend:woodplasticcompositesorWPCs:thecombinationofwoodandplastic

Lecture3CriticalthinkingDiscussiontask2: Howdoyouunderstandsustainablematerials?5

Asustainablematerialisanymaterialthatcanbeputtoeffectiveuseinthepresentwithoutcompromisingitsavailabilityforusebylattergenerations.Asustainablematerial’suseiswithinthebracketsofasustainablesystem,whichinturnreferstopracticesthatbenefitandreplenishthewell-beingofhumansandthegeneralenvironment.ItisthissustainabilitythatisseentobethekeytoensuringaproductivesurvivalforthehumanpopulationandanaccommodatingEarth.

Itisindeedverydifficulttofullydescribewhatasustainablematerialis.Perhapsthebestwayofdoingsoisbylookingatthemasthematerialswhoseuseachievesenvironmentalbenefitsunlikeotherconventionalmaterials.Sustainablematerialssharesomegeneralcharacteristicsincludinganaturalabundance,aneaseofextractionwithrespecttoamountsofenergyusedandaneaseofrecycling.

Lecture3CriticalthinkingDiscussiontask3:Howcanweclassifysustain