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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Created with Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003 presentation software. Special thanks to Tony McArthur for photographs of Aluminum and Nylon on slides 5 and 10.