Design and Technology

• Materials used in resistant materials include woods, metals, and polymers
• Types of woods used in resistant materials:

  • Hardwood: oak, ash, beech, mahogany
  • Softwoods: pine, plywood, hardboard
  • Man-made woods: chipboard, MDF
• Materials in IGCSE Resistant Materials include woods (hardwood, softwoods, engineered woods), metals (ferrous metals, non-ferrous metals), and polymers (thermosetting plastic, thermoplastic plastic)