diff --git a/mechanical/mmme1029_materials.md b/mechanical/mmme1029_materials.md index 054c66b..ea0fe20 100755 --- a/mechanical/mmme1029_materials.md +++ b/mechanical/mmme1029_materials.md @@ -107,7 +107,9 @@ work: # Lecture 2 -## Metals +## Properties of the Classes + +### Metals - Ductile (yields before fracture) - High UFS (Ultimate Fracture Stress) in tension and compression @@ -116,7 +118,7 @@ work: - High melting point - High electric and thermal conductivity -## Ceramics and Glasses +### Ceramics and Glasses - Brittle --- elastic to failure, no yield - Hard (harder than metals) @@ -129,7 +131,7 @@ work: - Poor thermal and electric conductivity - Wide range of magnetic and dielectric behaviours -## Polymers +### Polymers - Organic---as in organic chemistry (i.e. carbon based) - Ductile @@ -141,7 +143,7 @@ work: - There are some electrically conductive polymers -## Composites +### Composites - Composed of 2 or more materials on any scale from atomic to mm scale to produce properties that cannot be obtained in a single material @@ -150,13 +152,15 @@ work: - Material propertes depends on what its made of -## Organic vs Inorganic Materials +## Terms + +### Organic vs Inorganic Materials - Organic materials are carbon based - From chemistry, organic compounds are ones with a C-H bond - Inorganic compounds do not contain the C-H bond -## Crystalline vs Non-Crystalline Materials +### Crystalline vs Non-Crystalline Materials - Most things are crystalline @@ -167,7 +171,10 @@ work: - Ceramics - Glasses are non-crystalline -## Material Density + +## Material Properties + +### Density $$\rho = \frac m v$$ @@ -179,7 +186,7 @@ $$\rho = \frac m v$$ e.g. composites with a metal matrix will have a much higher density than those with a polymer matrix -## Material Melting Points +### Melting Points - Measured at standard pressure and in an intert atmosphere (e.g. with Nitrogen, Argon, etc) @@ -188,7 +195,7 @@ $$\rho = \frac m v$$ - High melting points -> high chemical bond strength -## Material Corrosion +### Corrosion - It's not just metals that corrode