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| 4 main types of materials |
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1) Metals
2) Ceramics
3) Polymers
4) Composite |
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| 2 fields of Material Science |
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1) Extractive Material Science
2) Physical Material Science |
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| Extractive Material Science |
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| raw material from the earth and process it |
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| Physical Material Science |
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| structure and manufacturing processes affect the properties |
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| 3 main types of Material Properties |
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1) Mechanical
2) Physical
3) Chemical |
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Tensile Strength
Shear Strength
Torsional Strength
Ductility
Hardness
Toughness
Modulus of Elasticity |
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Density
Thermal Expansion
Thermal Conductivity
Electrical Conductivity
Melt Temp
Magnetic Properties |
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| Mechanical Properties (def.) |
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| How the material responds to an external mechanical force |
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| Physical Properties (def.) |
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| Inherent material properties |
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| Chemical Properties (def.) |
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| How a material reacts to an external environment |
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| Material selection is based on... |
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1) Material Properties
2) Material Cost
3) Availability
4) Business Issues |
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| 3 main types of failure... |
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1) Corrosion
2) Mechanical Overload
3) Wear |
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| Stress Concentrators (stress risers) |
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| Geometrical features that cause the stress in the area of the feature to be higher than the applied stress |
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| force per unit area applied to a material |
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| ability of a material to resist an applied stress |
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