Common Building Materials Have Human Capabilities

Modern technological advancements in common building materials have made some of them multi-functional. This is true of materials like glass, wood, and plastic, more than adequate for construction applications, yet functional enough to use on specific items completely unrelated, but equally important. More and more each year, building materials are being specially treated and cross-implemented to assist in medical applications. The results are surprising.

Consider titanium, a multi-use chemical element that can be combined with other elements to product aerospace and aircraft building alloys. It is most commercially known for being used in the manufacturing of sports equipment such as golf clubs, tools such as hammers, and jewelry such as watches and rings. But equally successful, it is also implemented into human joint replacement implants, dental implants, and the surgical instruments used in the process. Titanium is also used to make wheelchairs and crutches.

Common Building Materials

Silicone is used to make behind the ear style hearing aids for the hearing impaired. Silicone is a good material candidate because of its excellent sealing properties. Metal and plastic are used to create artificial limbs for prosthetics. Plastic is also used alongside porcelain to create removable replacement dentures. Hospitals make use of a wide variety of common building material applications, with surgical stainless steel and plastic variants being the most prevalent for instruments, tables, carts, tubing, and many other examples.

With medical devices and applications in constant advancement, the chemical and physical properties of common building materials are developing a wider span of use, and the results are positive.