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THE COPPERBELT UNIVERSITY

SCHOOL of ENGINEERING
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT
MATERIAL SCIENCE I
Tutorial four

1. An FCC iron-carbon alloy initially containing is carburized


at an elevated temperature and in an atmosphere wherein the surface
carbon concentration is maintained at . If after the
concentration of carbon is at a position below the
surface, determine the temperature at which the treatment was carried out
2. The outer surface of a steel gear is to be hardened by increasing its carbon
content; the carbon is to be supplied from an external carbon-rich
atmosphere that is maintained at an elevated temperature. A diffusion heat
treatment at for increases the carbon concentration to
at a position below the surface. Estimate the diffusion
time required at to achieve this same concentration also at
position. Assume that the surface carbon content is the same for both heat
treatments which is maintained constant. Use diffusion data in the table for
C diffusion in Fe
3. Nitrogen from a gaseous phase is to be diffused into pure iron at . If
the surface concentration is maintained at , what will
be the concentration from the surface after ? The diffusion
coefficient for nitrogen in iron at is
4. The diffusion coefficients for nickel in iron are given at two temperatures:

a) Determine the values of and the activation energy


b) What is the magnitude of at
5. Below is a plot of the logarithm (to base 10) of the diffusion coefficient
versus reciprocal of the absolute temperature, for the diffusion of gold in
silver. Determine values for the activation energy and preexponential.

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