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Case Study two The most suitable material to use when in production of mugs. To design a mug the most crucial part of the design is the material you choose to use. This is because the material you use will greatly affect how useful the product is. When producing a mug manufacturers need to know that it will have the main properties needed for a mug these are: * Durable * Strong * Low thermal heat conductivity (so no heat is lost) * High specific heat capacity * Malleable * Lightweight * Strong * High melting point * Aesthetically pleasing The two materials I have chosen to use for my research are polystyrene and glass as I think these are both suitable candidates. Glass Glass is known to be a non-toxic, inorganic, amorphous (meaning no definite form), brittle, transparent solid that has an irregular atomic structure. The most successful and widely used glass for cook ware that is heat resistant is known...

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