The Badminton Racket Inside and out By: Holly McArthur.

The Badminton Racket

Inside and out

By: Holly McArthur

There are 3 parts to a Racket

Frame Grip

Strings

The Frame Materials

Titanium

Aluminum

Graphite

Silicon

Metals mix together to make this racket strong but light!

Titanium

Silicon

Aluminum

Graphite

Aluminum Aluminum can

be made from recyclables

Its natural resource is

Bauxite

Bauxite is mined in Australia and Guinea

Canada makes Bauxite into Aluminum

Graphite

Is mainly produced in China (72%)

Canada produces a bit of Graphite (2%)

Graphite is cheap since there is lots of it

Can be made synthetically

Is also used in lead pencils

Titanium

• Is manufactured in Japan and Russia mostly

• Is used in aerospace industry

Silicon

Can be made wherever sand is located

Is mostly made in China and the US

Is the 2nd most common element in the earth crust

Helps make other metals stronger

Grip Material - Polyurethane

Is made of isocyanate and polyol

Polyol is made of vegetable oil (which is made of plant, a renewable resource)

Isocyanate is made of petroleum and vegetable oil

Petroleum is manufactured in Saudi Arabia, Russia, US

String Material - Nylon

Is made of hexamethylene diamine and adipic acid

Hexamethylene diamine is made of natural gas and petroleum

Main producers of natural gas- Russia, Iran

Adipic acid is made of petroleum which is found in Saudi Arabia, Russia, US mainly

Conclusion

Conclusion

• You should take care of your rackets since they are made of nonrenewable resources

• Once our resources are used up, we might not have any more badminton rackets, or as good as they are now

• But it’s up to you, do you want to play badminton?

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