MSE 2001 - PRINCIPLES AND APPLICATIONS OF ENGINEERING MATERIALS

EXAM NO. 3 April 9, 2009

Last Name:__________________________First Name: _________________________ (3 points will be taken off if I have any problems reading your name)

Question 1
18 points

Question 2
20 points

Question 3
12 points

Question 4
30 points

Question 5
20 points

Total
100 points

QUESTION No. 1 Problems 1-10: 2 point each 1. The Gibbs phase rule for a two component system with variable pressure AND variable temperature is given by: F+P = 2 / P = 3-F / P+F = 4 2. At constant temperature the fraction of the phases in a two-phase field XXX changes / remains the same when the overall composition of the alloy is changed, but remains in the two-phase field. 3. The maximum number of phases that can be in equilibrium in a three component system at one atmosphere is four / three/ two. 4. An alloy at the eutectic composition which is at the eutectic temperature has 2 degrees of freedom. 0/1/

5. A solid solution occurs between two components with the same/ different / either same or different crystal structures. 6. The number of degrees of freedom in a two-phase field in a two-component system at constant pressure is 0 / 1 / 2 / 3.

Last Name:____________________ QUESTION No. 2 (20 points) Draw an x-ray diffraction profile for a non-crystalline materials and compare it to a crystalline materials diffraction profile.

I n te n si t y

Non-crystalline

0. 04

0. 08

0. 0. sin 16 12

0. 20

0. 24

Question No. 3 (12 points) Determine which of the following is I sotactic, Syndiotactic, Atactic: ( 9 points)

Last Name:____________________ QUESTION No. 4 (30 points) From the phase diagram below, answer the following questions. a) What is the maximum possible fraction of component B in solid ? 5 point b) For an alloy containing 88% B, calculate the fraction of the liquid and solid phases and their compositions at temperature T3 and T5. 10 points c) For an alloy with a composition of 50% B at a temperature just above the eutectic temperature, what is the fraction of the phase? 5 points d) For an alloy with a composition of 50% B at a temperature just below the eutectic temperature, what is the fraction of the phase? 5 points e) What is the significance, from a processing point of view, of the alloy with 65% B? 5 point a) 0.37 b) At T3: solid fraction = 0/(0.98-0.88)= 0, liquid fraction = 1- solid fraction = 1

At T5: solid fraction = (88-70)/(92-70) = 0.818, liquid fract. = 1 0.818 = 0.182 c) The tieline at T6 between and liquid is an approximation for being just above the eutectic temperature. So, the fraction of the phase = (65-50)/65-37) = 0.536 d) The tieline at T6 between and is an approximation for being just below the eutectic temperature. So, the fraction of the phase = (50-37)/(90-37) = 0.245 e) At the eutectic temperature, the melting point of the alloy system is lowest and so it is less costly to cast solids (less energy and so less $ to melt) from the liquid state.

Weight % of B

Question#5: (20 points) a) Eutectic b) Peritectic c) Eutectoid d) Peritectoid

L L+ + L + +

Solid ()

+ +

a) Eutectic b) Eutectic c) Eutectoid

L L+ +B A+B +B

A+