MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF MATTER
Stobes of matter: oe ;
tquid
ges Apia
difference clue bo forces acting between atoms
& molecules of substances.
+ Gas - very weak inter- atomic forces
atoms /molecules move freel
+ Liquid /Solids- forces shong in enough to reshict
smovement £o @ certain extent.
. Stoke of substance depends on TEMPERATURE)
& PRESSURE
eg Water : Solid - low temperature
Liquid - erdiner Eemperature
Gas - high temp.
. Selita can exist in erystelline or @ mor phous
crystalline
s z
fA eg glass, wax
Nach shructuce armpits Solid
Erratic motion of molecule in
a liquid.DENSITY
- one of the properties of matter
mass per unit volume
defn. DENSITY = Massof substance
Voldme of substance
+ Symbol Greek JeHer P (ano)
udits : tm ST kg /pa
> PB Orting susie
+ Relative heaviness "Pvt is due % density
eq. lead heavier than aluminiam
=> Lead is more dense thon aluminium.
4e, Lead has greater density than aluminium,
« Im? of Pb nds mass = “11,300 kg aieroes
im> of AC has mass = 2,700 kg
es SI unit is ka /ns* in prachece it rs
eqs :
Nous sometimes written as Ue
1%y$ 2 l0*kg/y3
Densities of some materials (Atm. press ambient
tem
Substance SI(kg/m3) eqs. Sen?)
Air 1-3 1-3 x10
Waker 1-0x10° 1.0
oo 8.9x8 8.4
ol 4-4 x10" 19
Lead tx to" "Example
A 509 bracelet is suspected of bein
Lead~inskead ef pure md W When # a. puk in eae
sc shed ae cm ry er pred ie t Is 2! bk
Paceket maple n
of ves mass Ls polar " oe
Solution:
Braceler olensity Pee = 205 «125 gfem8
4em
Sohn < Pe M4gpp 1k is me pure gold.
. 4 the proportion of ia
My ,+M, = 5 v)
Vent Va ® te ay
rewnte cand) as My = 5D9 - My (;')
also Ui) as z +My .
Aw’ (iy)
Subshtuke be mA Ia ® 19g lem bs, 2 "glow?
in eqn Gv)
May +(e - “ = 4om®
he v Pe
a) 5b lus:
“a Bia me! Howl soln For,
Yow?
ee Ig
mm
fs Proportion oe gold is HY 50, = 0.28 or 28%Example
A 509 beacelet is suspected of being gold- plate
lead “instead of pure gold. When it i= dropped in
a glass full of eaber 4cm® of water fbenfiais :
Is~the bracelef pure gold? if not, what propertton
of its mass is geld?
SOLUTION
Bracelet density P « ms 23, = 12-59 hm3
12.5 9h < R. = 199/¢m3
To find proportion F gold
note; rh + Mp, = 509 “iy
Yet 7 4em® Gid
from ti) mp, =509-™,, , subshtute for Me,
and f= 'VWlead & golg,s into Gi)
not pure gold.
Me + (509 - tan | Aen?
19963 {gy Ny
™, = Wg ‘
«' Properkion of gold is "%o, = 0-28 or 287
SPECIFIC GRAVITY (SG)
- SG is related ts densit CRelahve density]
+ Defined as ratio of makerial § density be
pure waker ak 4°C
te. SG, = s climensionless number
4o
09 FR 219m? then $6. = 2-7oe ings , abe bands ete exhibit a properly
call elas tei ;
* Compressed or Stretched, have bendency to retuen,
to original Jength (stoke) hen foe 2 VS removed
+ Deformation Jicectt proportron ks applied force
Cwithin certain Limits )
: _ spring # ee L is stretched by OL
en
cael. “ force
« Robert Hooke investigated sueh behaviour and
ut up o Low thet says
ed an ge er otherwise distort,
@ amount o dis! fon in tiona
to the dis ochin = tei
Lhe
Hookes law: F =k AL where “pecan”
Gaertn object.
NS. propor enallty fails if overstretched,
, Mlbimake strength
if Se -
yo Ploshe reqren
Breaking point
Distortion (AL)STRESS & STRAIN - Eerms used in describing elastic
properties of matter,
-—=1
E . Tensile force
j-— Lal ——>| LM to surface
—(__— Compressive force
le Leto 1 to surfice .
a
Stress due te force F ig olefined as
Stress = Force = F
Area A Units : N/m? -
INim* = 1 Pa (Pascal)
Strain = elongation . AL
al originel length Le
ba’ = frockional change én.
\ length ;
< Strain is dimensionless | ratio“ef lengths
« Stress fs a measure of the dis
« Strain is a measure & the distortron .
w Hookes Low con be restated as :
Stress = Constant x Strain
+ Law ean apply & stretching , bending, twisting
Constunt depends on mekerial and bype of
deformotion.
+ Constant is eolled ELASTIC MoDULUS
te Eloshc modulus = SESS Units same ag
tress .
strain s 5Thus elaste modulus is 0 measure OF o material $
‘rigidly i
If stress is applied 15 40 an asee along one
dimension -
A
Tensile or compressive
cases elashe modulus is called
In such
YOUNG'S moDuLUs Y= Fa = Stress
4y,, Strain
Permanent deformation occucs if the elashc Limit is
exceeded,
EXAMPLE!
A copper wire 10mm in diameter and 2.0m long
is used th suppock a mass of 5.0kg. By how
much does the wire stretch under this “load? .
CGiven ¥ for Cu = 11x tO" N/mt
SOtuTION
from = Y= FA
ali,
solving for OL , Alben
since radius of imm@ is 5x10'm, we have
L=20m , Feamg =(Skg X98 m/ct) = 49N
Yo tteio® Nin? -, A 2 et = (3102 )(5x109)
= 7.85% 107m"™
a SL = _(2-0m)(49N
(v-.xt0"Nfo®) (7.85107)
2 LLAtIo>m
or tel mmSHEAR
» Shear stresses change shape & not volume
e9.
re book covers are pushed out of alignment
with one fixed relative bo the other.