Performance Characteristics
What Performance Characteristics means in Design and Technology A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
The specific physical and mechanical properties of a material that determine its behaviour under various conditions and its suitability for specific applications.
The specific physical, mechanical, and chemical properties of a material that determine how it behaves under different conditions.
The physical, mechanical, and working properties of a material that determine how it will behave under different conditions.
Topics that use Performance Characteristics
- Part 2: Designing a prototype (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
- Topic 10: Current legislation (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
- Topic 12: Further processes and techniques (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
Related terms
- Thermoplastic
- Ferrous Metal
- Smart Material
- Tensile Strength
- Thermosetting Polymer
- Alloy
- Composite
- Composite Material
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