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Name Signature
EXAM 2 Materials
(70 minutes)

1. Determine the ASTM grain size number for the material in the figure with magnification 10,000.

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n ~17

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2. What type(s) of bonds are found between atoms within hydrocarbon molecules?

(A) ionic bonds
(B) covalent bonds
(C) van der Waals bonds
(D) metallic bonds

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3. Assume there is one Schottky defect in every eight unit cells of ZnS, which has the zinc blende
structure, with lattice parameter is 0.59583 nm. What is the density of the defective ceramic?

The density of the ceramic
In 8 unit cells, we expect 32 Zn + 32 S , but due to the defect:
32 Zn 1= 31
32 S 1= 31
=
(31/32)(4)(65.41 /) + (31/32)(4)(32.06 /)
(5.9583 10
8
)
3
(6.02 10
23

)
= 2.97 /
3

=





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4. Show that
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Dt
x
Dt
B
C
x
4
exp =
2
is a solution to
2
2
=
x
C
D
t
C
c
c
c
c
.
The parameter B is independent
of both x and t.

Calculating
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c
c
Dt
x
Dt
x
t D
B
t
C
4
exp 1
2 2
=
2 2
2 / 3 2 / 1

And
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c
c
Dt
x
Dt
x
t D
B
x
C
D
4
exp 1
2 2
=
2 2
2 / 3 2 / 1 2
2


Both yield the same results


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5. Iron containing 0.05% C is heated to 912
o
C in an atmosphere that produces 1.20% C at the
surface and is held for 24 h. Calculate the ratio of carbon content (Cx
BCC
/Cx
FCC
) at 0.05 cm
beneath the surface. Where Cx
BCC
is the Cx when iron is in a BCC phase and Cx
FCC
for iron in a
FCC phase.

T= (24 h)(3600 s/h) = 86,400 s

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C
xBCC
: 1.12%

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C
xFCC
: 0.79%

C
xBCC
/C
xFCC
= 1.41

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6. Calculate the molecular weight of a 5000-mers copolymer produced by 1 kg of ethylene and 3 kg of
propylene.









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7. The following data (plotted) were collected from a 20 mm diameter test specimen of a ductile cast
iron (l
0
= 40.00 mm); after fracture, the gage length is 47.42 mm and the diameter is 18.35 mm.


Solution

Calculate
(a) the 0.2% offset yield strength,

(b) the tensile strength,

(c) the modulus of elasticity,

(d) the %Elongation,

(e) the %Reduction in area,

(f) the engineering stress at fracture,

(g) the true stress at fracture

(h) the modulus of resilience.

(yield strength)
2
(modulus of elasticity)= (240MPa)
2
(172000MPa) = 0.17 MPa

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8. The net bonding energy E
N
between two isolated positive and negative ions is a function of
interionic distance r as follows:
n m
N
r
B
r
A
E + = , where A, B, m, and n are constants for the
particular ion pair. This equation is also valid for the bonding energy between adjacent ions in
solid materials. The modulus of elasticity E at the equilibrium interionic separation r
o
is,
o
L
r
dr
dF
E
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=
.

Derive an expression for the dependence of the modulus of elasticity on these A, B, m, and n
parameters (for the two-ion system).

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Solution

o
r
dr
dF
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(() (

)
()

( ) (

)
()