My top 10 favorite materials

1. Material: Gold
Processing: Forging
Properties: Melting temperature= 1064 C
Applications: Jewelry, gold plating for connectors
Ref: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold


2. Material: PVC
Processing: Rigid PVC processing
Properties: Melting point - 140 C
Applications: pipes
Ref: http://www.pvc.org/en/p/pvcs-physical-properties


3. Material: Nylon
Processing: Hydrolysis
Properties: Melting temperature= 624 C
Applications: clothes, strong wires
Ref: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nylon


4. Material: Aluminium
Processing: Forging
Properties: Melting temperature= 1221 C
Applications: aluminium foils, cans
Ref: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aluminium


5. Material: Steel
Processing: forging
Properties: Melting temperature= 1510 C
Applications: Hangers, plates, common metal parts
Ref: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steelmaking


6. Material: silicon
Processing:silicon wafer processing
Properties: Melting temperature= 2577 C
Applications: Integrated circuits
Ref: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silicon


7. Material: Glass
Processing: Batch processing
Properties: Melting temperature= 1600 C
Applications: windows, glasses
Ref: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glass


8. Material: zinc
Processing: smelting
Properties: Melting temperature= 419 C
Applications: paint, rubber
Ref: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/zinc


9. Material: Copper
Processing: Smelting
Properties: Melting temperature= 1984 C
Applications: wires, currency,
Ref: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copper


10. Material: precursor - carbon fibers
Processing: Carbonization
Properties: Tensile strength = 228 GPa
Applications: Cars, cables
Ref: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbonfibers