Take-Home Quiz 3-22-21

ES 404 (Materials Science and Engineering)

Answer the following questions directly:

1. Why study materials science and engineering? (8 points)
2. Why study the structure of crystalline solids? (8 points) Discuss the structures and properties of
crystalline and non-crystalline materials. (10 points)
3. Explain the direct relationship between properties of materials and their structures. (10 points)
4. Do noncrystalline materials display the phenomenon of allotropy (or polymorphism)? Why or
why not? (8 points)
5. Would you expect a material in which the atomic bonding is predominantly ionic in nature to be
more or less likely to form a noncrystalline solid upon solidification than a covalent material?
Why? (8 points)
6. Discuss the role of imperfections in alloying and semiconducting materials. (10 points)
7. Discuss the different diffusion mechanisms in materials. (8 points)
8. Explain the role of diffusion in semiconducting materials. (10 points)