Metal or non-metal? Yeah, really useful actually for data on scanned objects.
- Metal
- Non-metal
- Composition of discrete metal and non-metal parts
Now there are classifications of both metals and non-metals too.
Metals:
- Magnetic metal (iron)
- Non-magnetic metal (everything else)
- Aluminum (most popular)
- Copper
- Copper alloys
- Brass
- Silver
- Silver alloys
- Gold
- Chrome alloys
- Rare earth metal
Non-metals:
- Plastic
- Polystyrene
- Polyethyline
- HDPE
- LDPE
- PET/PETE
- Polypropylene
- Polyester
- PLA
- Nylon
- Polyester-nylon blend
- Polycarbonate
- ABS
- PC-ABS
- Plastic fabric
- Wood
- Plywood
- Oak
- Ash
- Elm
- Paper
- Cardboard
- Other fabric
- Cotton
- Fleece
- Wool
- Silk
Now we need easy and fun ways/tools to detect the other material types. By far it appears the metal detector is the easiest, though.