Competency information
Details
Manufacture reference specimens of silicone elastomers to replicate required mechanical properties.
Considerations
- Polymerisation of silicone elastomers used in facial prosthetics.
- Pigments, dyes and lakes.
- Functional and non-functional silicone fluids.
- Colour science.
- Principles and techniques used in shade taking and colour matching in reconstructive science.
- Methods of visual and electronic colour measurement.
- Methods of skin colour reproduction.
- Effects of surface finish on colour perception.
- Effects of light source on colour measurement.
- Skin pigmentation, racial variation, changes in skin colour due to physiological responses.
Relevant learning outcomes
| # | Outcome |
|---|---|
| # 1 | Outcome Select, justify, use and evaluate a range of biomedical materials in the manufacture of a variety of custom-made medical devices. |