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A specimen of aluminum having a rectangular

cross section 10 mm x 12.7 mm and a Youngs
modulus of 69 GPa is pulled in tension with
35,500

force,

producing

only

elastic

deformation. Calculate the resulting strain.

 A cylindrical specimen of a titanium alloy

having an elastic modulus of 107 GPa and an

original diameter of 3.8 mm will experience only

elastic deformation when a tensile load of 2000

N is applied. Compute the maximum length of

the

specimen

before

deformation

if

the

maximum allowable elongation is 0.42 mm.

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 Consider

cylindrical

specimen

of

some

hypothetical metal alloy that has a diameter of

8.0 mm. A tensile force of 1000 N produces an

elastic reduction in diameter of 2.8 x 10-4mm.

Compute the modulus of elasticity for this

alloy, given that Poissons ratio is 0.30.

 A brass alloy is known to have a yield strength of 275

MPa, a tensile strength of 380 MPa, and an elastic
modulus of 103 GPa. A cylindrical specimen of this alloy
12.7 mm in diameter and 250 mm long is stressed in
tension and found to elongate 7.6 mm. On the basis of the
information given, is it possible to compute the magnitude

of the load that is necessary to produce this change in

length? If so, calculate the load. If not, explain why.

 (a) A force of 100,000 N is applied to an iron bar with a

cross-sectional area of 10 mm x 20 mm and having a yield

strength of 400 MPa and a tensile strength of 480 MPa.

Determine whether the bar will plastically deform and
whether the bar will experience necking.
(b) Calculate the maximum force that a 0.2-in. diameter rod
of Al2O3, having a yield strength of 35,000 psi, can

withstand with no plastic deformation. Express your answer

in pounds and Newtons.
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 A cylindrical specimen of aluminum having a diameter

of 0.505 in. (12.8 mm) and a gauge length of 2.000 in.

(50.800 mm) is pulled in tension. Use the load
elongation characteristics shown in the following table
to complete parts (a) through (e)
(a) Plot the data as engineering stress versus engineering

strain.
(b) Compute the modulus of elasticity.
(c) Determine the yield strength at a strain offset of 0.002.

(d) Determine the tensile strength of this alloy.

(e) What is the approximate ductility, in percent
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elongation?

 For a bronze alloy, the stress at which plastic

deformation begins is 280 MPa, and the
modulus of elasticity is 115 GPa.
(a) What is the maximum load that may be
applied to a specimen with a cross-sectional area

of 325 mm2 without plastic deformation?

(b) If the original specimen length is 120 mm,
what is the maximum length to which it may be
stretched without causing plastic deformation?
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 Consider a cylindrical specimen of a steel

alloy (Figure 6.21) 15.0 mm in diameter and
75 mm long that is pulled in tension.
Determine its elongation when a load of
20,000 N is applied.

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 A cylindrical specimen of a hypothetical metal

alloy is stressed in compression. If its original
and final diameters are 20.000 and 20.025 mm,
respectively, and its final length is 74.96 mm,
compute its original length if the deformation is
totally elastic.
The elastic and shear moduli for this alloy are 105

GPa and 39.7 GPa, respectively.

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At room temperature the electrical conductivity

and the electron mobility for copper are 6.0 x 107
(m)-1 and 0.0030 m2/V.s, respectively.
(a) Compute the number of free electrons per cubic

meter for copper at room temperature.

(b) What is the number of free electrons per copper
atom? Assume copper has a density of 8.9 g/cm3,
q=1.6x10-19 C, AN=6.02 x 1023

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 A cylindrical metal wire 2 mm (0.08 in.) in diameter

is required to carry a current of 10 A with a minimum
of 0.03 V drop per foot (300 mm) of wire. Which of the
metals and alloys listed in the table below are
possible candidates?

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At

room

temperature

the

electrical

conductivity of PbTe is 500 (m)-1, whereas

the electron and hole mobilities are 0.16 and
0.075 m2/V.s, respectively. Compute the
intrinsic carrier concentration for PbTe at
room temperature.

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(a) The room-temperature electrical conductivity

of a silicon specimen is 5.93 x10-3(m)-1. The
hole concentration is known to be 7.0x1017m3. Using the electron and hole mobilities for
silicon in the table below, compute the
electron concentration.
(b) On the basis of the result in part (a), is the
specimen intrinsic, n-type extrinsic, or p-type
extrinsic? Why?

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The band gap for pure silicon is 1.12 eV. The donor
level for Sb doped into silicon is 0.039 eV below the
bottom of the conduction band. At room temperature
(300 K), compare the number of electrons excited
into the conduction band for pure silicon and silicon

doped with 1017 Sb atoms/cm3. Which of these

materials has the higher electrical conductivity?

Why?
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 A current density of 0.05 A/cm2 is applied to

a 150 cm2 cathode. What period of time (s) is

required to plate out a 1-mm-thick coating of

silver onto the cathode?

MAg=108 g/mol, F=96500 C/mol

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 A 1-m-square steel plate is coated on both sides

with a 0.005-cm-thick layer of zinc. A current

density of 0.02 A/cm2 is applied to the plate in

an aqueous solution. Assuming that the zinc
corrodes uniformly, determine the length of
time required before the steel is exposed.

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 A corrosion cell is composed of a 300 cm2 copper

sheet and a 20 cm2 iron sheet, with a current
density of 0.6 A/cm2 applied to the copper.
Which material is the anode? What is the rate of
loss of metal from the anode per hour?

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 (a) Write the possible oxidation and reduction

half-reactions that occur when magnesium is
immersed in each of the following solutions: (i)
HCl, (ii) an HCl solution containing dissolved
oxygen,

(iii)

an

HCl

solution

containing

dissolved oxygen and, in addition, Fe2+ ions.

(b) In which of these solutions would you expect the

magnesium to oxidize most rapidly? Why?

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 For the following pairs of alloys that are

coupled in seawater, predict the possibility of

corrosion; if corrosion is probable, note which
metal/alloy will corrode.
(a) Aluminum and magnesium
(b) Zinc and a low-carbon steel

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 A piece of corroded steel plate was found in a

submerged ocean vessel. It was estimated that
the original area of the plate was 62.5 cm2 and
that approximately 2.8 kg had corroded away
during the submersion.
Assuming a corrosion penetration rate of 5.1
mm/yr for this alloy in seawater, estimate the

time of submersion in years. The density of steel is

7.9 g/cm3.

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 Determine if the oxide layer is protective.

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