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| SETA UNIVERSITI KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia France Institute FINAL EXAMINATION JANUARY 2013 SESSION SUBJECT CODE > NMB 10203 SUBJECT TITLE : MATERIALS ENGINEERING LEVEL : BACHELOR TIME / DURATION : 3HOURS 3.30 pm - 6.30 pm ele 13 MAY 2013 INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES 4. Please read the instructions given in the question paper CAREFULLY. 2. This question paper is printed on both sides of the paper. 3. Please write your answers on the answer booklet provided. 4. Answer should be written in blue or black ink except for sketching, graphic and illustration. 5. This paper consists of FIVE (5) questions. Answer any FOUR (4) questions only. 6. Answer all questions in English. THERE ARE 4 PAGES OF QUESTIONS AND 2 PAGES OF APPENDIX EXCLUUING THIS PAGE. INSTRUCTION: Answer any FOUR questions. Please use the answer booklet provided. Question 1 (2) Define advanced materials that are utilized in high technology application (6 marks) (b) Identify the main classes of materials and describe thet distinguishing properties. (6 marks) (©) Determine the weight of Ni and Al that are required to make 1 kg of NiAl compound, (8 marks) (@) Aluminum has an atomic density of 6.02 x 10” atoms per em®, Calculate its mass density and its crystal structure ( marks) Question 2 (@) Describe the atomic bonding in solids, (6 marks) (0) Referring to Table 1, whether alloy A, B, and C is FCC, BCC or simple cubic Table 1 [Alloy | Atomic Weight | Atomic radius (g/mol) (um) | x TTA 0.125 - B 107.6 0.133 il c R73 0.142, i (@ marks) (©) Compute the densities of nickel, gold, and chromium, (6 marks) (@) Cesium metal has a BCC structure with a lattice parameter of 0.608 nm. Calculate the atomic radius. (4 marks) NMI10203 MATERIALS ENGINEERING ' Question 3 (2) Define the three principal ways in which aload may be applied to a specimen. (5 marks) (’) Fora bronze allloy, the stress at which plastic deformation begins is 267MPa and the modulus of elasticity is 115 GPa i, Determine the maximum load that may be applied to a specimen having a cross-sectional area of 300 mm? without plastic deformation. (4: marks) ji. If the original specimen length is 137 mm, calculate the maximum length to which it may be stretched without causing plastic deformation. (4 marks) (©) A 10 mm diameter Brinell hardness indenter produced an indentation 1.55 mm in diameter in a steel alloy when a load of 500 kg was used. Calculate the Brinell hardness (in HB) of this material (4 marks) () A plate of steel has a yield stress of 1000 MPa. The plate fractured when the tensile stress reached 800 MPa, and it was therefore hypothesized that a surface crack was present If the fracture toughness for this steel is 60 MPavm, determine the crack size. (4 marks) (@) An aluminum aircraft alloy was tested under cyclic loading with Ac = 250 MPa and fatigue failure occurred at 2 x 10° cycles. If failure occurred in 10” cycles when Ac 190 MPa, estimate how many stress cycles can be sustained when Ac = 155 MPa, (4 marks) NMB10203 MATERIALS ENGINEERING 2 Question 4 (a) (b) © il. 1NN1B10203 MATER Describe the binary alloys phase diagram. (5 marks) Determine the alloy composition in atomic and weight percent of 6 x 10”? of atoms Ni and 4 x 10 of atoms Cu by referring Figure 1 (S marks) In Figure 1. at temperature 1400°C, 1300°C, 1200°C, determine: The phases present (5 marks) The chemical composition (5 marks) The weight of each phase is physically present. (5 marks)

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