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Materials can be changed through physical processes like cutting, crushing, or melting, as well as chemical processes like mixing with other substances, reactions with acids or bases, or heating to change their properties. These changes can result in different physical or chemical properties of the material.

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What different ways of materials can be changed?

Materials can be changed physically through processes like cutting, bending, or melting. They can also undergo chemical changes, such as oxidation or acid-base reactions. Additionally, materials can be altered through thermal treatments like heating or cooling, as well as through mechanical processes like mixing or grinding.


In what ways can the properties of glass be changed?

The properties of glass can be changed by altering its composition (adding different materials), changing the cooling rate during production, or subjecting it to heat treatments such as tempering or annealing. These methods can affect properties like strength, transparency, and thermal resistance.


Why did they change the penny's materials?

The materials used to make the penny were changed in 1982 from 95% copper to 97.5% zinc with a thin copper plating to reduce production costs. Copper prices had risen, making it more expensive to produce the coin with its previous composition.


What is a smart material?

A "smart material" is one having a molecular structure that responds in a particular and controlled way to influences upon it. These range from magnetically-changed materials, to "memory" molecules that return to their original form, to materials that generate an electric charge when pressed, twisted, or warped.


How semiconductor and nanotechnology works?

Semiconductors are unique materials; whose electrical conductivity can be changed deliberately, usually in a dynamic [reversible] fashion. They are used to make semiconductor devices, which led to the information Age of the late 20th century.