MULUNGUSHI UNIVERSITY

SCHOOL OF SCIENCE, ENGINEERING AND

TECHNOLOGY
DEPARTMENT OF ENGINEERING

NAME: RICHARD KASONGO

STUDENT NUMBER: 201801114

PROGRAM: BACHELORS OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

COURSE CODE: EGM 241

NAME OF COURSE: MATERIAL SCIECNE AND ENGINEERING

NAME OF LECTURER: LECTURE M B HAMUNZALA

NUMBER OF ASSIGNMENT: 1

YEAR OF STUDY: 1ST YEAR

 Solutions for the assignment
1.
A. Brass
Metal as it’s the alloy of copper and zinc hence both are
in metallic elements
B .magnesium oxide
Ceramic as it’s a compound between metallic
magnesium and nonmetallic oxygen
C .Plexiglas
Its polymer as its synthetic polymer of methyl
methacrylate
D .polychloroprene
It’s a polymer as it’s a family of synthetic rubbers
E .boron carbide
It’s a ceramic as it’s a compound between metalloid b
and nonmetallic c
F. cast iron
It’s a metal alloy of metallic iron and nonmetallic carbon
and silicon.
G steel
It’s a metal alloy of iron and carbon.
2.
The attractive force between two ions FA is just the
derivative with respect to the interatomic separation of the
attractive energy expression, which is just
FA = dE/ Adr = d[−A/r]/dr = A/r2
Since the valences of the li+ and O2- ions (Z1 and Z2)
are +1 and -2, respectively, Z1 = 1 and Z2 = 2, then
r=rli +ro
0.068nm+0.14nm=0.208nmE-9M
Then
FA = (Z1e)(Z2e)/4πε0r2
= (1)(2)(1.602 × 10−19 C)2/(4)(π)(8.85 × 10−12 F/m)
(0.208 × 10−9 m)2
= 1.07 × 10-8 N

B .at the equilibrium separation distance the sum of

attractive and repulsive forces is zero.
3.
Brass-
The bonding is metallic since it is a metal alloy

Epoxy
The bonding is covalent in which there is sharing of
electrons to stay together.

Barium sulfide-
The bonding is predominantly ionic (but with some
covalent character) on the basis of the relative positions of
Ba and S in the periodic table.
Solid xenon
the bonding is van der Waals since xenon is an inert gas.

Bronze,
The bonding is metallic since it is a metal alloy
(composed of copper and tin).

Steel
The bonding is metallic as metal ions are held together by
metallic bond formed as one electron from each atom
becomes delocalized forming a cloud of electrons.

Nylon
 In nylon the bonding is covalent with perhaps some van
der Waals. (Nylon is composed primarily of carbon and
hydrogen.)
Aluminum phosphide
The bonding is predominantly covalent (but with some
ionic character) on the basis of the relative positions of Al
and P in the periodic table.

4.
The reasons are in terms of the bonding as intermolecular
bonding for HF is hydrogen, whereas for HCl, the
intermolecular bonding is van der Waals. Since the
hydrogen bond is stronger than van der Waals, HF will
have a higher melting temperature.

5.
The electronegativity of the elements are were found as
For Ti =2, al=1.6, and therefore,
%IC = 1 − e(−0.25)(2−1.6)2 × 100 = 10.0%
B as the bond is covalent bond since %ic is 10% which is
less comparatively and less polar.