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    Materials can be classified into groups based on several key properties, including their physical state, appearance, hardness, solubility, density, and transparency. Classification makes it easier to understand and organize materials. Some criteria used for classification include sorting materials as solids, liquids, or gases; as lustrous or non-lustrous; as hard or soft; as soluble or insoluble in water; as objects that float or sink; and as transparent, translucent, or opaque. Classification of materials according to their various properties helps provide order and understanding.

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    Materials can be classified into groups based on several key properties, including their physical state, appearance, hardness, solubility, density, and transparency. Classification makes it easier to understand and organize materials. Some criteria used for classification include sorting materials as solids, liquids, or gases; as lustrous or non-lustrous; as hard or soft; as soluble or insoluble in water; as objects that float or sink; and as transparent, translucent, or opaque. Classification of materials according to their various properties helps provide order and understanding.

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    Materials can be classified into groups based on several key properties, including their physical state, appearance, hardness, solubility, density, and transparency. Classification makes it easier to understand and organize materials. Some criteria used for classification include sorting materials as solids, liquids, or gases; as lustrous or non-lustrous; as hard or soft; as soluble or insoluble in water; as objects that float or sink; and as transparent, translucent, or opaque. Classification of materials according to their various properties helps provide order and understanding.

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    Sorting materials into groups

    The things, which we all use in our daily life are made up of different types of materials. All these
    materials have mass, shape and are classified based on many criteria, including their physical
    states, properties of materials, etc.

    Properties of Materials
    Based on the different properties, materials can be differentiated into their respective groups.
    Listed below are the properties of materials.

    1. At first, the materials can be sorted into their groups based on the 3 states of matter-
    Solids, liquids and gases.
    2. The second criteria used to sort the materials are based on their appearance. The
    appearance of materials varies in colour, texture, hard, soft and lustre.
    3. The third criteria used to sort the materials are based on their solubility. The solubility
    depends on soluble and insoluble of materials in water. For example,- Salt and sugar are
    soluble in water. Chalk and sand are insoluble in water.
    4. The fourth criteria used to sort the materials is based on the metal and non-metals. Iron,
    copper, gold are examples of metals and coal, chalk, rubber are examples of non-metals.
    5. The fifth criteria used to sort the materials is based on the light transmission through
    objects, which includes Opaque, Translucent and Transparent.

    Introduction

    Classification
    Materials can be classified based on several properties:

    • Transparency
    • Hardness
    • Soluble and Insoluble
    • Float and Sink

    Need for classification


    Classification makes everything easier and orderly for better understanding.

    How are materials classified?


    Materials are classified based on similarities in their properties such as appearance, hardness,
    transparency, solubility or density.

    Appearance

    Polishing
    • Metal polishing acts as a protective shield to metal surfaces because it stops oxidation.
    • It is a method of improving the durability and texture of metal surfaces as they are much
    less likely to wear or corrode.

    Classification based on appearance

    • Materials can be differentiated from each other based on their looks.


    • Some like diamond and gold are shiny and is termed as lustrous materials.
    • Some other materials like graphite and wood do not appear shiny and are generally
    known as non-lustrous materials.

    Hardness

    Toughness
    The property of material to withstand stress without breaking is termed as
    toughness.
    A material with high strength and high ductility will have more toughness than a material with low
    strength and high ductility.

    Classification based on the hardness

    • Materials that can be compressed or deformed easily are referred to as soft substances.
    • Whereas, materials that are difficult to bend or compress and are termed as hard
    substances.
    Solubility

    Classification based on solubility


    • Some substances completely disappear or dissolve in water. These substances are
    soluble in water.
    • Other substances do not mix with water and do not disappear even after we stir for a long
    time. These substances are insoluble in water.

    Floatation

    Buoyancy
    The upward force applied by the fluid on the object or the body when an object
    is put in or submerged in the fluid is termed as Buoyancy.

    Classification based on buoyancy


    Materials can be classified based on the sinking of floating in water:

    • A leaf floats on water


    • A metal spoon will sink in water

    Density
    Density is defined as mass per volume. You can think of it as the amount of
    particles of a substance are packed into a certain amount of space.

    • If the particles are packed tightly together, the density would be greater than if they are
    loosely packed with a lot of empty space around them.
    • This is taken as mass per unit volume of a given object. The SI unit is kg/m3.
    • Density is the reason some objects sink and other objects float.

    Transparency

    Transparency
    Materials can be grouped into three main categories based on their ability to transmit light.

    Classification based on transparency


    • An object, which allows visible light to pass through it is called a transparent object. We
    can clearly see through a transparent object. E.g.:- glass, fish tank.
    • An object, which allows partial passage to light is called a translucent object. E.g.:-plastic
    bottle, paper cup.
    • An object, which does not allow passage to light is called an opaque object. We cannot
    see through an opaque object. E.g.:-wood, metals.

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