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ME 461 FirstExam-Fall 2015

The document is a study guide for an exam in materials science. It contains learning objectives to be covered, including classifying materials properties, drawing crystal structures, defining terms like modulus of resilience and slip systems. Multiple choice questions assess crystal structures, bonding types, deformation behavior and elastic properties. Problems involve calculating atomic weight from crystal data, diffusion, and determining suitable materials for a tensile test based on their mechanical properties.

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ME 461 FirstExam-Fall 2015

The document is a study guide for an exam in materials science. It contains learning objectives to be covered, including classifying materials properties, drawing crystal structures, defining terms like modulus of resilience and slip systems. Multiple choice questions assess crystal structures, bonding types, deformation behavior and elastic properties. Problems involve calculating atomic weight from crystal data, diffusion, and determining suitable materials for a tensile test based on their mechanical properties.

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Name: ___________________ 10/8/2015

ME 461 – Materials Science


Fall 2015
First Exam
A. Learning Objectives (20pts):
1. List six different property classifications of materials that determine their
applicability.

2. Draw a unit cell of face-centered cubic and derive the relationship between unit cell
edge length a and atomic radius r for face-centered cubic crystal structures.

3. Name the two types of solid solutions and provide a brief written definition or
schematic sketch of each.

4. Give brief definition of and the units for modulus of resilience and toughness (static).

5. Define slip system and cite one example.


B. Multiple Choices (20pts):
1. You would like to select a material that has both thermal and electric conductivities,
you would most likely select a
a. polymer b. ceramic c. metal d. semiconductor

2. Bonding within the chains of a polymer is due primarily to


a. ionic bonds b. metallic bonds c. covalent bonds
d. hydrogen bonds e. van der Waals

3. Right figure shows a unit cell for a hypothetical


crystal. What would the crystal structure be
called
a. simple cubic b. simple tetragonal
c. simple orthorhombic d. simple rhombohedral

4. How many atoms per unit cell are in the same


crystal?
a. 1 b. 2 c. 4 d. 8

5. What are the indices for direction 1 shown in the


figure?
a. [1 2 1 ] b. [2 1 2 ]
c. (1 2 1) d. (2 1 2 )

6. What are the indices for direction 2 shown in the figure?


a. [1, 0, 2] b. [2 0 1]
c. [1 0 2] d. [1 2 0]

7. What is the packing factor for a Hexagonal-close packed (HCP) crystal?


a. 0.52 b. 0.68 c. 0.71 d. 0.74

8. What are the Miller indices for the plane A as


shown in the figure
a. ( 1 1 0) b. ( 1 1 0)
c. ( ½ ½ 0) d. (2 2 0)

9. What are the Miller indices for the plane B as


shown in the figure
a. (2 1 1) b. (1 ½ ½ )
c. (1 2 2) d. (2 2 1)

10. Which of the following planes is a member of


family of equivalent planes containing (1 1 0) in
cubic crystal structure?
a.(0 1 0) b. (0 1 0) c. ( 1 1 1 ) d. (0 1 1 )

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11. In BCC crystal, the close packed direction is
a. <100> b. <110> c. <111> d. <112>

12. The planar density expression for FCC (110) plane in terms of the atomic radius R is given as
1 2 1 1
a. b. c. d.
4R 2
8R 2
8R 2
2 3R 2

13. Deformation is reversible for most solids if


a. Hooke's law holds.
b. the deformation rate is slow.
c. applied stress is greater than the yield stress.
d. there is no work hardening.

14. For a cubic single crystal material, the independent number of elastic constants is
a. 2 b. 3 c. 5 d. 9

15. Under a tension test of a brittle metal, it tends to fracture at


a. 90o angle to the longitudinal direction of the sample with a smooth and flat
fracture surface
b. 90o angle to the longitudinal direction of the sample with a rough fracture surface
c. 45o angle to the longitudinal direction of the sample with a smooth and flat
fracture surface
d. 45o angle to the longitudinal direction of the sample with a rough fracture surface

16. The stiffness of a material is most closely related to


a. yield strength b. tensile strength c. elastic modulus d. ductility

17. For a solid material, the Poisson ratio in general is


a. 1/3 b. 1/2 c. between 0 and 1/2 d. 0.4

18. The main reason metals have good ductility compared to ceramics is that
_______________can easily move in metals but ionic repulsion or directionality of
bonds prevents their movement in ceramics

19. The direction and distance that a dislocation moves in one step is given by the
___________ vector.

20. Materials that have a high critical resolved shear stress tend to have
a. High strength b. low strength
c. high ductility d. low ductility

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C. Problems
1. The accompanying figure shows three different crystallographic planes for a unit cell
of some hypothetical metal. The circles represent atoms:

(a) To what crystal system does the unit cell belong?


(b) What would this crystal structure be called?
(c) If the density of this metal is 18.91 g/cm3, determine its atomic weight
nA
(knowing r = V NA , NA=6.022x1023atoms/mol)
C A

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2. Nitrogen from a gaseous phase is to be diffused into pure iron at 700C. If the
surface concentration is maintained at 0.1 wt% N, what will be the concentration 1 mm
from the surface after 25h? The diffusion coefficient for nitrogen in iron at 700C is 2.5
 10-11 m2/s.

C  x, t   C o  x 
 1  erf  
C s  Co  2 Dt 

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3. A cylindrical rod 100 mm long and having a diameter of 10.0 mm is to be deformed
using a tensile load of 27,500 N. It must not experience either plastic deformation or
a diameter reduction of more than 7.5  10-3 mm. Of the materials listed as follows,
which are possible candidates? Justify your choice(s).
Modulus of Elasticity Yield Strength
Material (GPa) (MPa) Poisson’s Ratio
Aluminum alloy 70 200 0.33
Brass alloy 101 300 0.34
Steel alloy 207 400 0.30
Titanium alloy 107 650 0.34

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