DEPARTMENT OF MATERIALS ENGINEERING

FACULTY OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA

SEMESTER 2, SESSION 2005/2006

TEST 1

Name of subject : SME1613 (Materials Science)

Date : 8th February 2006

(Wednesday)

Time : 9.00 – 11.00 pm

Venue : P19 (DK4 and DK5)

Instructions:

1. Please answer all questions in the answer sheets provided.

2. All answer must be written in black / blue pen.
Question 1 (12marks)

a) For each of the following compounds, state whether the bonding is

metallic, covalent or ionic.
i. NH3
ii. Al
iii. C2H6
iv. Magnesium Oxide (MgO)
(Given: Atomic number for N=7, H=1, Al=13, C=6, Mg=12, O=8 )
(4 marks)

b) Show that the atomic packing factor for Face Centered Cubic (FCC)
structure is 0.74. (4 marks)

c) Rhodium has an FCC crystal structure, an atomic radius of 0.1345 nm and

an atomic weight of 102.9 g/mol. Calculate the density of rhodium.
(Given: Avogadro’s Number = 6.023x10 23 atoms/mole) (4 marks)

Question 2 (10 marks)

a) Draw the following directions and planes in a separate cubic unit cell.
−
i) [1 1 0] ii) [ 1 2 0]

iii) (1 0 1) iv) (3 4 0)
(6 marks)

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 (b) Determine the directions and Miller indices of the cubic unit cell shown in
Figure 1. (4 marks)

z z
1
/2

y
y

x x

(i) (ii)

z z

1
/2

y
y
1
/2

x
x
(iii) (iv)

Figure 1

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Question 3 (12 marks)

a) Explain with the aid of sketches the solidification of a metal. (5 marks)

b) Describe the difference between interstitial diffusion and substitutional

diffusion. (4 marks)

c) Give two (2) reasons why interstitial solute atoms diffuse more rapidly than
substitutional solute atoms in a given solvent metal lattice at the same
temperature. (3 marks)

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Question 4 (16 marks)

800

700 Liquid

600
Temperature (oC)

500
(i) (ii) (iii) (iv)
400
α
300

200 (v) γ (vi)

β
100

0
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100
% weight of B

Figure 2: Phase diagram of A-B alloy.

Based on Figure 2, answer the following questions:

a) Label phases (i) to (vi) (3 marks)

b) Define what is α and β in the phase diagram. (4 marks)

c) What is a eutectic reaction? Write the two (2) eutectic reactions in Figure 2.
State the temperature and chemical composition of these eutectic reactions.
(6 marks)

d) Calculate the relative amount of phases for alloy 55%A – 45%B at 45OC.
(3 marks)