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Final Review Check List

- ppt course notes
- Assignments and quizzes
- Chapters from textbook
- Sample tests
- Check list
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Section 1
Chapter 1
Classification of engineering materials and examples
Mechanical and p
physical
y
p
properties
p
Chapter 2
Atomic structure, atomic weight, atomic number
Electron configuration
Valence electron, valence, and electronegativity
Atomic bond types (ionic, covalent, and metallic), ranking and
p
examples
Secondary bond and examples

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Section 2
Chapter 3
SC, BCC and FCC
Crystal structure, lattice and lattice parameter, unit cell
Coordination number
Relationship between lattice parameter and atomic radius
APF, theoretical density, LD, PD

Section 3
Crystallography
Point coordinates
Crystallographic direction and indices
Crystallographic plane and indices
Grain boundary and grain size (grain diameter and grain size No.)
Effect of grain size on yield strength
Differences between polycrystalline and amorphous materials
(structure and behaviour below and above Tg)

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Section 4
Chapter 4
Point defects (types and schematic diagrams)
Weight percent and atomic percent
Linear defects (dislocation and plastic deformation)
Interfacial defects (examples)
Bulk defects
Chapter 5
Diffusion mechanisms
Steady-state diffusion (Ficks first law)
Nonsteady-state diffusion (Ficks second law)
Diffusion coefficient and activation energy
Carburization and decarburization
Calculate time, temperature, concentration or depth

Section 5
Chapter 6
Stress and strain
Stress and strength
Tensile
T
il properties
i ((modulus,
d l
yield
i ld strength,
h tensile
il
strength, ductility, fracture strength)
Hooks law
Characteristics of elastic and plastic deformations
True stress and strain
Hardness
Hardness and tensile strength relationship
Material
M
i l selection
l i b
based
d on tensile
il properties
i ((and
dd
density)
i )

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Section 6
Chapter 7
Dislocation and plastic deformation
Slip and slip system (determine all slip system(s) in FCC
and BCC)
Resolved shear stress and critical resolved shear stress
Strengthening mechanisms (grain size reduction, solid
solution, strain hardening, and precipitation hardening)
Identify strengthening methods for common alloys
Annealing, recovery, recrystallization and grain growth

Sections 7 and 8

Chapter 8
Ductile and brittle fracture modes
Stress concentration factor
Fracture toughness and stress intensity factor
Determination critical stress and critical crack size
Approaches
A
h tto preventt fast
f t fracture
f t
for
f ductile
d til materials
t i l
Ductile-to-brittle transition
Fatigue
Service condition
Stress amplitude and mean stress
Fatigue limit, fatigue strength, and fatigue life
Estimation of fatigue strength and life from S-N curve
Effect of mean stress
Creep
Service condition
Factors affecting materials creep resistance
Creep deformation, strain and strain rate (+ thermal expansion)
Stress(creep) rupture
Larson-Miller parameter
Identify different failure modes based on fractography

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Section 9
Chapter 9
Solid solution, solubility, solubility limit, liquidus, solidus, and
solvus
Isomorphous and eutectic equilibrium phase diagrams
Development of microstructure during cooling (predict and
sketch microstructure)
Lever rule
Predictions of phases present, compositions and weight
fractions
Invariant point, temperature and reaction (eutectic and
eutectoid)
Fe-C phase diagram and equilibrium phases (A, F, P, Fe3C)
Hypo- and hyper-eutectoid steels

Section 10

Chapter 10
Use isothermal transformation diagrams to design heat treatment and predict
phases
Use continuous cooling transformation diagrams to design heat treatment and
predict phases
Microstructure characteristics and mechanical properties of F, P, B, S, M, and
tempered M
Design heat treatment procedure to modify microstructure of steels
Chapter 11
Ferrous alloys (plain carbon steels, HSLA steels, stainless steels, cast irons)
Difference between hardenable and nonhardenable steels
Hardenability and hardness
Nonferrous alloys
Aluminum alloys and precipitation hardening
Heat treatable and nonheat-treatable aluminum alloys
Tempers
Differences between Q&T for steels and solution+aging for aluminum alloys
Manufacturing process sequence (forming, welding, heat treatment and final
microstructure)
Annealing, quenching, tempering and aging
Alloy designation
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Section 11
Chapter 12 &13
Definition of ceramics
Bonding
B di ttypes
Brittle fracture of ceramic materials and the reasons
Shaping methods
Chapters 14 &15
Monomer and polymerization
Bonding types
Molecular structure (linear, branched, crosslinked and network)
Difference between thermoplastic polymer, thermosetting
polymer and elastomer
Examples of polymers from above three groups
Effect of temperature on mechanical properties (thermoplastic
polymer, thermosetting polymer and elastomer)
Melting temperature and glass transition temperature
Upper and lower service temperatures for various polymer
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materials

Section 12
Chapter 16

Definition and objective for developing composites

Classification of composites
p
((according
g matrix type
yp or fiber type)
yp )
Estimation of physical properties
Modulus of elasticity under isostress and isostrain conditions
Fabrication methods

Chapter 17
Eight forms of corrosion and mechanisms
Anodic and cathodic reactions
Galvanic corrosion (determine direction and voltage) and
galvanic series
Corrosion prevention

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Thermal Expansion
Ex: A copper wire 15 m long is heated from -9 to 40 C.
How much change in length will it experience?
For Cu

16.5x10 6 ( C) 1

0 T [16.5 x 10 6 (1 / C)](15 m)[40C (9C)]

0.012 m 12 mm

Thermal strain=

/ 0 T

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