Materials Science and Engineering

Fall 2022

Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León

Facultad de Ingeniería Mecánica y Eléctrica

Materia: Introduction to Materials Science and Engineering.

Worksheet 1, Introduction to Materials Science and

Engineering.

Maestro: MOISES HINOJOSA RIVERA

Alumno: Eleazar Garcia Robles

Matricula: 2015136
Grupo: 001
Hora: m1-m3

Fecha de entrega: 12/08/22

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Worksheet 1
Introduction to Materials Science and Engineering
Name: Eleazar Garcia Robles date: 11/08/22

Please answer:

1. This is what the word “Science” means to me:

R: Science is that builds and organizes knowledge about the universe.

2. To me, the word “Engineering” means the following:

R: Engineering is the application of knowledge in order to innovate and design.

3. Five metallic materials that I know:

Metal I have seen it used in…
Example: Gold (Au) Jewelry (rings, medals, coins, etc.)
1. Copper Wire
2. Aluminum Wires, doors, Laptops.
3. Iron Steel, coins.
4. Silver Jewelry, coins.
5. Tungsten Turbine blades

4. Five “plastics” or polymers that I know:

Polymer I have seen it used in…

Example: Polyethylene Water bottles
terephthalate (PET)
1. Polyethylene Pipe, hand bags.
2. Polyester Textiles, ropes.
3. Nylon Clothing.
4. Polypropylene Auto parts, Industrial fibers.
5. OLED Television, computers.

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5. Five ceramic materials that I know:

Ceramic I have seen it used in…

Example: Porcelain Bowls, cups, etc.
1.-Glass Windows
2.-Clay Dishware, Art objects.
3.-Cement Floors, driveways.
4.-Bricks Construction of walls.
5.-Tiles Bathrooms

6. Five composite materials that I know:

Composites I have seen it used in…

Glass fiber reinforced polymer Public transport seats.
1. Carbon fiber reinforce Cars, Bikes.
polymer
2. Reinforce concrete Building
polymer
3. Wood Seats, Tables.
4. Paper School
5. Fiberglass Building

7. Metals have the following characteristics: High melting points, good conductors of
heat and electricity, high density.

8. Polymers have the following characteristics: Resistant to chemicals, can be

electrical and thermal insulator, very lightweight.

9. Ceramics have the following characteristics: High melting points, great strength,
considerable durability, low electrical and thermal conductivity.

10. I know the following industrial processes:

a) Molding
b) Electrolysis
c) Cutting
others: Rolling, Forging, Heat-treating.

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11. (b) Sketch the atomic arrangement of a glass and a crystal.

Atomic arrangement on a glass Atomic arrangement on a crystal

12. Prepare a table with the following properties (or attributes): density, melting temperature,
mechanical strength, thermal conductivity, electrical conductivity and prices for the following
substances or materials: water, aluminum, gold, iron, tungsten, polyethylene and wood. Indicate
the units of thermal and electrical conductivity in corresponding columns.

Density (g/cm3) Melting Mechanical Thermal Electrical

temperature strength (MPa) conductivity conductivity
(C) ( W/mK ) ( S/m )
Water 0.997 g/cm3 0 C -33 – 0.598 W/mK 5 S/m
2.8Mpa

Aluminum 2.70 g/cm3 660 C 40MPa 88-251 W/mK 37 S/m

Gold 19.5 g/cm3 1063 C 220MPa 310 W/mK 45 S/m

Iron 7.83 g/cm3 1538 C 540MPa 80 W/mK 10.1 S/m

Tungsten 19.28 g/cm3 3442 C 980MPa 175 W/mK 175 S/m

Polyethylene 0.975 g/cm3 160 C 600- 0.4 W/mK 10.78 S/m

1500MPa

wood 0.90 g/cm3 151 C 140MPa 0.1-0.2 W/mK 0 S/m

Lead (Pb) 11.35 g/cm3 327 C 5.5MPa 35 W/mK 7.2 S/m

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13. Very briefly (one paragraph of 5-7 lines) describe (using your own words, NO COPY-
PASTE, PLEASE, NEVER), the manufacturing process of the following products:

a) steel sheets: First the steel ingots have to be pre-heat for an easy
deformation of the ingot by a stretching process, then a line of big cylinders
are going to press the steel ingots until get right measures. After that the
Sheet metal is going to be cut in various ways with a laser to get de desired
shape.

b) spaghetti: Fist of all the pasta is prepared with flour and water, the dough
is rolled out to the desired thickness and then cut with a knife, after that
the spaghetti has to be hung to dry before being cooked. For cook the
spaghettis you have to boil water with salt, after that you have to put the
spaghettis inside de boil water until they get soft, once cooking is finish,
the spaghetti has to be removed with a strainer.

c) glass bottles: The glass bottles are made by sand of silicie and limestone
that mix goes to an oven and it gets hot to 1550 C to create molten glass,
when the mix of molten glass gets out of the oven goes to a refiner to get
cool, after that when de molten glass gets cool goes to other place for
being cut with scissor, each drop will become a glass bottle, then these
drops fall into a molding machine where they finally receive their shape.

d) cement: The ingredients needed for the production of cement are

limestone, sand and clay, shale, fly ash, these ingredients have to be crush
before the making process, when the ingredients are crushed they are
ready for the cement making process, then de raw ingredients gets in a
process of pre-heat, the ingredients are subdued series of chemical
reactions between calcium and silicon dioxide compounds. After exiting the
oven is rapidly cooled from 2000C to 200 C by passing air over it, then
different additives are combined with the final product and get cement.

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15: Determine, experimentally, the weight of a common glass bottle (empty) (see figure),
then calculate the weight if the bottle (with exactly the same shape and dimensions) were
made of PET:
Weight of glass bottle: 325g
Calculations to obtain the weight of the PET bottle (please watch your use of
units): Volume of the bottle

Weight of the PET bottle: 1.79gr

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16.- Using Power Point (or any other appropriate software), prepare a drawing of the Materials Science
Tetrahedron, paste your drawing below (You are not expected to dedicate a lot of time to this,
this should take your around 10-15 minutes).

Please sign the following statement:

I declare that I have written my answers using my own words and/or calculations, I have not copy-
pasted anything. I know that cheating will not be accepted.
Signature:

References:
https://www.o-i.com/es/our-story/como-se-hacen-las-botellas-y-frascos-de-vidrio/
https://www.britannica.com/technology/cement-building-material/Extraction-and-processing
https://cdn2.hubspot.net/hubfs/340051/Design_Guides/Xometry_DesignGuide_SheetMetal.pdf
https://civiltoday.com/civil-engineering-materials/cement/106-cement-manufacturing-process
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0142941810001960
https://byjus.com/chemistry/thermal-
conductivity/#:~:text=The%20SI%20unit%20of%20thermal,or%20Wm%2D1K%2D1.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/0032386178900320

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CROSSWORD

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