ME 434 Quiz no.

Name: ________________________________________ Date: ___________________

Identification. Choose your answers from the WORD BANK and write it in the blank provided.

______________________ 1. Group of engineering materials generally characterized by good electrical and thermal conductivity.

______________________ 2. Type of polymer in which molecular chains are entangled but not interconnected and can be easily melted and
formed into useful shapes.

______________________ 3. The description of the arrangements of atoms or ions in a material.

______________________ 4. The process by which materials are made from naturally occurring or man-made chemicals.

______________________ 5. The crystals in a polycrystalline material.

______________________ 6. Group of crystalline inorganic materials characterized by good strength (especially in compression), high melting
temperatures, and good electrical and thermal insulation behavior.

______________________ 7. Materials that can sense and respond to an external stimulus such as change in temperature, application of
stress, or change in humidity or chemical environment.

______________________ 8. A negatively charged ion produced when an atom accepts one or more electrons.

______________________ 9. The number of atoms in one mole.

______________________ 10. The number of protons or electrons in an atom.

______________________ 11. The bond formed when two or more atoms share their valence electrons.

______________________ 12. The number of electrons in the outermost shell that participate in atomic bonding or chemical reaction.

______________________ 13. The ability of materials to be stretched or bent without breaking.

______________________ 14. Group of materials having electrical conductivity between metals and typical ceramics.

______________________ 15. Type of polymers that decompose rather than melt upon heating.

______________________ 16. The bond formed between two atoms when one atom donates its valence electrons to the other atom.

______________________ 17. A positively charged ion produced when an atom gives up its valence electrons.

______________________ 18. Numbers that correspond to the rows in the periodic table.

______________________ 19. A metallic material that is obtained by chemical combinations of different elements.

______________________ 20. Group of materials normally obtained by joining organic molecules into giant molecular chains or networks.

WORD BANK:
Alloy Ceramics Composition Metals Polymers Semiconductors Grains Brittleness

Smart Material Structure Cation Ionic Bond Anion Valence Avogadro number

Atomic number Thermosets Thermoplastics Synthesis van der Waals Bond Electronegativity

Ductility Principal quantum number Covalent Bond

ANSWERS:

1. Metals
2. Thermoplastics
3. Structure
4. Synthesis
5. Grains
6. Ceramics
7. Smart Material
8. Anion
9. Avogadro number
10. Atomic number
11. Covalent Bond
12. Valence
13. Ductility
14. Semiconductors
15. Thermosets
16. Ionic Bond
17. Cation
18. Principal Quantum Number
19. Alloy
20. Polymers