Engineering Product Materials ReportStainless Steel KettleThe kettle is a type of household appliance, usually made of metal for boiling water. The kettle is a widely used household item that has been developed and designed for many years for boiling water. It was taken for granted, not appreciated for what the engineers did to make this product and the thought and pressure the engineers had to go through to produce such a simple product. Kettles have been used since Roman times, made from iron or a ceramic material. The first electric kettles using heating elements were introduced in 1891 by the Carpenter Electric Company of Chicago. The ceramic kettle became widely used during World War II, as the metal used for the kettle was rare, thus making ceramic the best material for kettles at that time, not only because of its excellent properties. The production of a kettle involves many materials. and machines to make it. Kettles made today are made with many different materials than those used 50 years ago. Today, kettles are made from materials such as plastic, copper, stainless steel and other products such as rubber and high-strength metals for the heating element. The stainless steel kettle chosen for this report is made from several of these materials. The materials in this kettle are stainless steel, copper, thermosetting plastic, rubber, and a heating element made of high-strength metal. Stainless steel is one of the materials used in this kettle and is now used more frequently in today's kettles because it has impressive properties, one of the main ones being its strength...... middle of paper......from the kettle. This is where an electric current passes through a coil with high resistance restricting the flow of electrons, thereby causing the coil to heat up and boil the water. Nichrome is usually the material used in the heating element; it contains 80% nickel and 20% chromium and is the ultimate material due to its medium high strength and the procedure of a chromium oxide coating when heated upon first application. Nichrome does not oxidize, preventing it from breaking down or burning. The nichrome compound is an alloy obtained by joining the metals nickel, iron and chromium. These metals have good strengths, making them perfect for this application and for a heating element. In comparison, the creation of Nichrome and the heating element has made life easier than 50 years ago, making it an excellent engineering product..