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Design and Technology: Product Design (9252)
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Free Design and Technology: Product Design (9252) study notes for Oxford AQA IGCSE students. Each chapter breaks down a key concept with examples and practice prompts you can turn into AI drills in the thinka app.
Core technical principles
New and emerging technologies
Energy generation and storage
Developments in new materials
Systems approach to designing
Mechanical devices
Materials and their working properties
Papers and boards
Natural and manufactured timbers
Metals and alloys
Polymers
Physical and working properties of materials
Specialist technical principles: materials in use
Selection of materials or components
Forces and stresses
Ecological and social footprint
Sources and origins
How materials are used in products
Stock forms, types and sizes
Specialist technical principles: production
Scales of production
Production aids, tools and processes
Tolerance and quality control
Commercial manufacturing processes
Surface treatments and finishes
Designing principles
Investigation, primary and secondary data
Environmental, social and economic challenge
Design strategies
Communication of design ideas
Prototype development
Making principles
Selection of materials and components
Tolerances
Material management
Specialist tools and equipment
Specialist techniques and processes
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