ME3311 Homework 4

Due date: 3/26/13

Problem 1. Specimen M (1008 steel) has an ASTM grain size number of 8 and specimen N
(1008 steel) has a grain size number 4.
A) Which specimen has larger grain?
B) Which specimen has higher strength?

Problem 2. Name 4 different imperfections.
Problem 3. What are the two types of solid solution? What is the difference between them?
Problem 4. What is the critical size of nucleation in the solidification of a material? What is a
nucleus and what is an embryo? What is going to happen after they are formed?

Problem 5. Figure below shows the grain boundaries of low-carbon steel under a microscope
with 200X magnification. Determine the ASTM grain-size number.

Problem 6. Iron has an fcc structure at temperatures higher than 913 degree centigrade, and bcc structure
below this temperature. At 1148
o
C, iron can dissolve maximum of 2.08% of carbon to form steel.
However at temperature lower than 723
o
C, iron can only dissolve maximum 0.025% carbon.
Discuss the reason for this phenomenon by calculating the largest void size in the fcc and bcc
structures of iron. The atomic radius is 0.129 nm in both structures (dont consider thermal
expansion). One of the largest void is located at (1/2. , 0) for bcc, and (0, , 0) for fcc.