From 80ec507c9bada6951e2a1837b14b32bda00f3e0a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Alvie Rahman Date: Mon, 11 Oct 2021 17:49:57 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Complete MMME1029 Lecture 2 --- mechanical/mmme1029_materials.md | 152 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 151 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/mechanical/mmme1029_materials.md b/mechanical/mmme1029_materials.md index 4391e08..054c66b 100755 --- a/mechanical/mmme1029_materials.md +++ b/mechanical/mmme1029_materials.md @@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ work: 2. What are the main classifications of materials? - > Metals, glass and ceramics, plastics, elastomers, + > Metals, glass and ceramics, ~~plastics, elastomers,~~ polymers, composites, and semiconductors 3. [There are] Few Iron Age artefacts left. Why? @@ -104,3 +104,153 @@ work: 2. What material properties were mentioned in the second slide set? > Young's modulus, specific heat, coefficient of thermal expansion + +# Lecture 2 + +## Metals + +- Ductile (yields before fracture) +- High UFS (Ultimate Fracture Stress) in tension and compression +- Hard +- Tough +- High melting point +- High electric and thermal conductivity + +## Ceramics and Glasses + +- Brittle --- elastic to failure, no yield +- Hard (harder than metals) +- Low UFS under tension +- High UFS under compression +- Not tough +- High melting points +- Do not burn as oxide ceramics are already oxides +- Chemically resistant +- Poor thermal and electric conductivity +- Wide range of magnetic and dielectric behaviours + +## Polymers + +- Organic---as in organic chemistry (i.e. carbon based) +- Ductile +- Low UFS in tension and compression +- Not hard +- Reasonably tough +- Low threshold temperature to charring and combustion in air or pure oxygen +- Low electrical and thermal conductivity + + - There are some electrically conductive polymers + +## 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 + + - Larger scale mixes of materials may be called 'multimaterial' + +- Material propertes depends on what its made of + +## 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 + +- Most things are crystalline + + - Ice + - Sugar + - Salt + - Metals + - Ceramics + +- Glasses are non-crystalline +## Material Density + +$$\rho = \frac m v$$ + +- Density if quoted at STP (standard temperature and pressure---$298$ K and $1.013\times 10^5$ Pa) +- Metals, ceramics, and glasses are high density materials +- Polymers are low density +- Composites span a wide range of density as it depends on the materials it is composed of + + e.g. composites with a metal matrix will have a much higher density than those with a polymer + matrix + +## Material Melting Points + +- Measured at standard pressure and in an intert atmosphere (e.g. with Nitrogen, Argon, etc) + + - Diamond and graphite will survive up to 4000 \textdegree{}C in an inert atmosphere but would + burn at around 1000 \textdegree{}C in oxygen + +- High melting points -> high chemical bond strength + +## Material Corrosion + +- It's not just metals that corrode + +- Polymers + + - UV degradation + - Water absorption can occur in degraded polymers + +- Glass + + - Leaching + - Sodium ions can leave the glass when covered in water. If the water stays, the high pH water + can damage the class + +## Self Quiz + +### Consolidation Questions 1 + +1. + + i. Metal + ii. Titanium + +2. + i. Polymer + ii. Polyester + +3. + + i. Ceramic + ii. Alumino-silicate + +4. + + i. Composite + ii. GFRP or CFRP + +5. + + i. Metal + ii. Aluiminium alloy + +6. + + i. Metal + ii. Aluiminium alloy + +7. + + i. Polymer + ii. Acrylic + +8. + + i. Ceramimc + ii. Glass + +9. + + i. Composite + ii. Concrete + +### Consolidation Questions 2 + +> ~~C~~ B