The document discusses materials used to produce lightweight badminton racquets. It notes that high-quality racquets weigh between 83 to 100 grams and are often composed of materials like graphite, carbon, Kevlar, Eplon, fiberglass, and beryllium. The conclusion is that graphite is often used as the base material due to its high stiffness-to-weight ratio, mixed with titanium and Kevlar to produce strong yet lightweight racquets. Selecting the right combination of materials can result in durable and strong racquets.

1. PRODUCTION OF LIGHTEST
BADMINTON RACQUET
THYE MEI CHIN A/P THE AH CHAI KA14119
FAYIZAH BINTI YASIN KA11155
THIVYA DHARSHINI A/P CHANDRA KA14148
SHOBANA A/P SINNIAH KE11058
THULASHI A/P MURUGAYAH KA14122
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SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
MATERIALS

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6. • High quality badminton racket has low
range of weight from 83 to 100 grams
• Mostly - boron, graphite, carbon, Kevlar
(thermosetting synthetic fibre), Eplon
(made out of carbon and Kevlar),
fiberglass, HMG (high modulus graphite)
and beryllium (earth alkali element).

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CONCLUSION

11. • Varieties of light materials can be used in the
production of badminton racket either from pure metal
group or composite material.
• Because of its high stiffness-to-weight ratio : the most
light weight graphite is used as a base material in the
production of frame racket ; it is mixed with titanium
and Kevlar as carbon fiber material.
• This produces high quality badminton racquet which is
also user friendly.

12. • It is important to select good combination
of materials which have better qualities to
produce lighter badminton racquets :
 to ensure the racquet is durable
 have high strength properties

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REFERENCES

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Deflection of a badminton racket during a stroke. Journal of Sports
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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20373199
3) Terence Bell (2014). Metal Profile: Titanium; What is Titanium?
Retrieved from:
http://metals.about.com/od/properties/a/Metal-Profile-Titanium.htm
4) The Engineers (2006). KEVLAR. Retrieved from:
http://www.engineering.com/Library/ArticlesPage/tabid/85/ArticleID/91/
KEVLAR.aspx
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http://www.livestrong.com/.../276131-materials-used-make.../

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