Dr. Shanza Rehan: Eng. Omar Farooq, Dr. Fida
Dr. Shanza Rehan: Eng. Omar Farooq, Dr. Fida
Dr. Shanza Rehan: Eng. Omar Farooq, Dr. Fida
Important considerations:
1. Iron available abundantly from earth crust (7%)
2. Iron deforms easily compared to glass or stone
3. Iron is Tougher than Stone, glass, china ware
4. Machine-able compared to what?
5. Weld-able easily (compared to what?)
7. Do you know of an undesirable property of Iron?
► mechanical forces
►electrical fields
►magnetic fields
►optical fields
►temperature gradients
►corrosive (chemical) environments
Pores and
Single
What? numerous
crystal Small crystals
Four components of the discipline of Materials Science
and Engineering
( society demands )
bonding.
Forces between molecules
In addition to size and mass, shape of molecules also
matters in interaction between molecules
CH3-CH2-CH2-CH2-CH3
CH3
CH3-C-CH3
CH3
CH3
CH3-C- CH3
CH3