List the 2 material properties and 2 relevant application for following alloying elements
in aluminum:
a. Copper
b. Silicon
c. Magnesium
d. Silicon + Copper
2. (a) Describe the 5 steps in the slip-casting process for ceramic products.
(b) What is tempered glass? How is it produced? Why is tempered glass considerably
stronger in tension than annealed glass? What are some applications for tempered glass?
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3. Identify the following phase diagram. Identify the 3 stages of age/precipitation hardening
as shown in the figure below and explain the various phases and their
features/properties/microstructure at these stages.
4. For the following types of ceramic materials explain material properties and one relevant
application for each.
a. alumina
b. diamond
c. silica
d. silicon carbide
e. boron nitride
5. (a) Sketch the microstructure of pearlite, bainite and spherodite and explain key features.
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Part 3 Materials Design Problems – 20 points
1. (a) Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of using advanced ceramics in the structure of
internal combustion engines.
(b) Propose some methods of overcoming the shortcomings of ceramics for this application.
2. Identify 2 properties and 2 relevant applications of following materials:
(1) Brass (2) Bronze
Bonus – 10 points
1. What are glass intermediate oxides? How do they affect the silica-glass network? Why
are they added to silica glass?
2. Explain, from an atomic structure point of view, why metals can be plastically deformed
to form large and complex shapes while complex ceramic parts cannot be manufactured
by this technique
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