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    Emg 1204 Introduction To Materials Science Tutorial I Attempt All These Questions Question One

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    This document contains 4 questions regarding materials science. Question 1 asks about dislocations, microstructure, and why plastics are widely used. It also asks about the volume change when transforming between crystal structures. Question 2 asks about sketching crystal directions and planes, and calculating properties of a new metal. Question 3 asks about the crystal structure, packing, and density of chromium, as well as defects, intermetallics, and ceramic properties. Question 4 asks about composite materials properties, metallic bonding, alloys, ductile vs brittle materials, and the structure and heating effects of thermoplastics and thermosets.

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    This document contains 4 questions regarding materials science. Question 1 asks about dislocations, microstructure, and why plastics are widely used. It also asks about the volume change when transforming between crystal structures. Question 2 asks about sketching crystal directions and planes, and calculating properties of a new metal. Question 3 asks about the crystal structure, packing, and density of chromium, as well as defects, intermetallics, and ceramic properties. Question 4 asks about composite materials properties, metallic bonding, alloys, ductile vs brittle materials, and the structure and heating effects of thermoplastics and thermosets.

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    EMG 1204 INTRODUCTION TO MATERIALS SCIENCE

    Tutorial I
    Attempt all these questions

    Question One
    a) With the aid of a sketch, describe each of the following types of dislocations
    i) Screw dislocation (4 marks)
    ii) Edge dislocation (4 marks)
    b) Briefly explain why it is important to know the microstructure of an engineering material. (2 marks)
    c) What are the main reasons that have made plastics to be widely used as engineering materials? (4
    marks)
    d) Metal X changes from face centred cubic (fcc) structure to body centred cubic (bcc) on heating. At
    the transformation temperature the lattice parameters for bcc and fcc are 2.863x10-10 m and
    3.591x10-10 m respectively. Determine the percent change in volume that occurs. (6 marks).

    Question Two
    a) Sketch the following Miller directions and planes. [121] [213] (122) (021) (4 marks)
    b) A new metal Comium has being discovered. The metal has lattice parameter 2.884x10-10 m and
    density 7.19g/cm3. The atomic mass of Comium is 52 and Avagadro number is 6.02x1023 atom/mol.
    Determine;
    i) by suitable calculation whether Comium is body centred cubic or face centred cubic crystal
    structure. (6 marks)
    ii) The atomic radius, atomic packing factor and coordination number of Comium. (6 marks).
    iii) The number of atoms per mm2 on the plane (100) of Comium crystal. (2 marks).
    iv) The number of atoms per mm in the [121] direction of Comium crystal. (2 marks).

    Question Three

    a) Chromium has a body centered cubic crystal structure, atomic radius 1.248x10-10 m and atomic mass
    52g/mol. Given that the Avagadro Number is 6.02x10 23 atoms/mol;
    i) Sketch the unit cell. (1 mark)
    ii) Determine the atomic packing factor. (6.5 marks)
    iii) Determine the theoretical density. (2.5 marks)
    b) Give three main properties of ceramic materials. (3 marks)
    c) With the aid of sketches, describe the following crystal defects;
    i) Substitutional impurity atom (2 marks)
    ii) Grain boundary (2 marks)
    d) Describe the following types of inter-metallic compounds;
    i) Valency inter-metallic (1.5 marks)
    ii) Interstitial compounds (1.5 marks)

    Question Four

    a) Give three main factors that determine the properties of composite materials. (3 marks)
    b) With the aid of a sketch, describe how metallic bond is formed. (3.5 marks)
    c) Define the following terms;
    i) Alloy (1.5 marks)
    ii) Ferrous alloys (1 mark)
    iii) Non-ferrous alloys (1 mark)
    d) What is the difference between a ductile and a brittle material?(1.5 marks)
    e) Give three main factors that determine the properties of a fibre reinforced composite material and
    explain the effect of each. (4.5 marks)
    f) Give the types of bonds present, structure and the effects of heating the following categories of
    polymers;
    i) Thermoplastics (2 marks)
    ii) Thermosets (2 marks)

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