Chapter 1 - Introduction

What is materials science?

Why should we know about it?
Materials drive our society

Stone Age
Bronze Age
Iron Age
Now?
Silicon Age?
Polymer Age?

Chapter 1 - 1

Example Hip Implant

With age or certain illnesses joints deteriorate.
Particularly those with large loads (such as hip).

Adapted from Fig. 22.25, Callister 7e.

Chapter 1 - 2

Example Hip Implant

Requirements
mechanical
strength (many
cycles)
good lubricity
biocompatibility

Adapted from Fig. 22.24, Callister 7e.

Chapter 1 - 3

Example Hip Implant

Adapted from Fig. 22.26, Callister 7e.

Chapter 1 - 4

Hip Implant
Key problems to overcome
fixation agent to hold
acetabular cup
cup lubrication material
femoral stem fixing agent
must avoid any debris in cup

Ball

Acetabular
Cup and Liner

Femoral
Stem
Adapted from chapter-opening photograph,
Chapter 22, Callister 7e. (Photograph
courtesy of Zimmer, Inc., Warsaw, IN, USA.)
Chapter 1 - 5

Example Develop New Types of

Polymers

Commodity plastics large volume ca. $0.50 / lb

Ex.
Polyethylene
Polypropylene
Polystyrene
etc.

Engineering Resins small volume > $1.00 / lb

Ex.
Polycarbonate
Nylon
Polysulfone
etc.
Can polypropylene be upgraded to properties (and price) near
those of engineering resins?

Chapter 1 - 6

Structure, Processing, & Properties

Properties depend on structure

ex: hardness vs structure of steel

(d)

Hardness (BHN)

600
500
400

(c)
(a)

(b)
4 m

300
200

30 m

30 m

100
0.01 0.1

30 m

Data obtained from Figs. 12.31(a) and

12.32 with 4 wt% C composition, and from
Fig. 17.8, Callister & Rethwisch 9e.
Micrographs adapted from (a) Fig. 12.19;
(b) Fig. 11.29; (c) Fig. 12.33; and (d) Fig.
12.21, Callister & Rethwisch 9e. (Figures
12.19, 12.21, & 12.33 copyright 1971 by United
States Steel Corporation. Figure 9.30 courtesy
of Republic Steel Corporation.)

1
10 100 1000
Cooling Rate (C/s)

Processing can change structure

ex: structure vs cooling rate of steel

Chapter 1 - 7

Types of Materials
Metals:
Strong, ductile
High thermal & electrical conductivity
Opaque, reflective.

Polymers/plastics: Covalent bonding sharing of electrons

Soft, ductile, low strength, low density
Thermal & electrical insulators
Optically translucent or transparent.

Ceramics: ionic bonding (refractory) compounds of metallic

& non-metallic elements (oxides, carbides, nitrides, sulfides)
Brittle, glassy, elastic
Non-conducting (insulators)

Chapter 1 - 8

The Materials Selection Process

1. Pick Application

Determine required Properties

Properties: mechanical, electrical, thermal,

magnetic, optical, deteriorative.

2. Properties

Identify candidate Material(s)

Material: structure, composition.

3. Material

Identify required Processing

Processing: changes structure and overall shape

ex: casting, sintering, vapor deposition, doping
forming, joining, annealing.

Chapter 1 - 9

ELECTRICAL
Electrical Resistivity of Copper:
6

(10-8 Ohm-m)

Resistivity,

5
4
3
2
1
0

Cu

.3
3
+

2a

Fig. 19.8, Callister & Rethwisch 9e.

i
t %N

Ni
%
t
Ni
16 a
.
%
t
2
a
+
2
1
.
Cu
+1
u
C
d
e
i
rm
o
N
f
e
%
t
d
a
2
1
.
+1
u
C
Cu

e
r
Pu

-200

-100

[Adapted from: J.O. Linde, Ann Physik 5, 219

(1932); and C.A. Wert and R.M. Thomson,
Physics of Solids, 2nd edition, McGraw-Hill
Company, New York, 1970.]

T (C)

Adding impurity atoms to Cu increases resistivity.

Deforming Cu increases resistivity.
Chapter 1 - 10

THERMAL
-- Silica fiber insulation
offers low heat conduction.

Thermal Conductivity
of Copper:

Chapter-opening
photograph, Chapter 17,
Callister & Rethwisch 3e.
(Courtesy of Lockheed
Missiles and Space
Company, Inc.)

-- It decreases when
you add zinc!
Thermal Conductivity
(W/m-K)

Space Shuttle Tiles:

Fig. 19.4W, Callister

6e. (Courtesy of Lockheed
Aerospace Ceramics
Systems, Sunnyvale, CA)
(Note: "W" denotes fig. is on
CD-ROM.)

100 m

400
300
200
100
0

0
10 20 30 40
Composition (wt% Zinc)

Fig. 20.4, Callister & Rethwisch 9e.

[Adapted from Metals Handbook: Properties
and Selection: Nonferrous alloys and Pure
Metals, Vol. 2, 9th ed., H. Baker, (Managing
Editor), ASM International, 1979, p. 315.]

Chapter 1 - 11

MAGNETIC
Magnetic Storage:

vs. Composition:
-- Adding 3 atomic % Si
makes Fe a better
recording medium!
Magnetization

-- Recording medium
is magnetized by
recording head.

Magnetic Permeability

Fe+3%Si
Fe

Magnetic Field
Fig. 21.23, Callister & Rethwisch 9e.
(Courtesy of HGST, a Western Digital Company.)

Adapted from C.R. Barrett, W.D. Nix, and

A.S. Tetelman, The Principles of Engineering
Materials, Fig. 1-7(a), p. 9, 1973.
Electronically reproduced by permission of
Pearson Education, Inc., Upper
Saddle River, New Jersey.

Chapter 1 - 12

OPTICAL
Transmittance:
-- Aluminum oxide may be transparent, translucent, or
opaque depending on the materials structure (i.e.,
single crystal vs. polycrystal, and degree of porosity).
single crystal

polycrystal:
no porosity

polycrystal:
some porosity

Fig. 1.2, Callister &

Rethwisch 9e.
(Specimen preparation,
P.A. Lessing)

Chapter 1 - 13

DETERIORATIVE
Stress & Saltwater...

crack speed in salt water!

crack speed (m/s)

-- causes cracks!

Heat treatment: slows

10-8

as-is
held at
160C for 1 hr
before testing

10-10

Alloy 7178 tested in

saturated aqueous NaCl
solution at 23C

increasing load

Fig. 18.21, Callister & Rethwisch 9e.

(from Marine Corrosion, Causes, and Prevention,
John Wiley and Sons, Inc., 1975.)

Adapted from Fig. 11.20(b), R.W. Hertzberg, "Deformation and

Fracture Mechanics of Engineering Materials" (4th ed.), p. 505,
John Wiley and Sons, 1996. (Original source: Markus O. Speidel,
Brown Boveri Co.)

Chapter 1 - 14

SUMMARY
Course Goals:
Use the right material for the job.
Understand the relation between properties,
structure, and processing.
Recognize new design opportunities offered
by materials selection.

Chapter 1 - 15

ANNOUNCEMENTS
Reading:
Core Problems:
Self-help Problems:

Chapter 1 - 16