MME - Introduction
MME - Introduction
MME - Introduction
(PRPC12, 3-0-0)
Section: A
3rd Semester
Production Engineering
Mid-Sem.
Final 30%
Assessment
40%
d) Be inexpensive and the cost to fabricate the final shape should be relatively
low;
GLASS:
• IS IMPERVIOUS TO THE PASSAGE OF CARBON DIOXIDE,
• RELATIVELY INEXPENSIVE MATERIAL,
• MAY BE RECYCLED,
• IT CRACKS AND FRACTURES EASILY, AND
• GLASS BOTTLES ARE RELATIVELY HEAVY
PLASTIC:
• IS RELATIVELY STRONG,
• MAY BE MADE OPTICALLY TRANSPARENT,
• IS INEXPENSIVE AND LIGHTWEIGHT,
• IS RECYCLABLE, AND
• IT IS NOT AS IMPERVIOUS TO THE PASSAGE OF CARBON DIOXIDE AS THE ALUMINUM AND GLASS
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TYPES OF ENGINEERING MATERIALS
All the materials used for the engineering applications can be put into six basic:
➢ Composites
➢ Some recent advances: shaper memory materials, nano-materials
➢ DEFINITION: Shape memory materials (SMM) are those materials which, after
being deformed PLASTICALLY (i.e., PERMANENTLY) at the room temperature
into various shapes, return to their original shapes upon heating.
➢ CHARACTERISTICS:
❖ SMM have good ductility, good corrosion resistance, high electrical conductivity
❖ Behavior of SMM can also be reversible i.e., shape can switch back and forth
upon heating
➢ APPLICATIONS:
❖ To generate motion and/or force in temperature-sensitive actuators
❖ Eyeglass frames, connectors, clamps, fastener, and in seals
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NANO-MATERIALS
➢ DEFINITION: Materials with grains, fibers, films, and composites having particle
size of the order of 1-100 nm.
➢ CHARACTERISTICS:
❖ Since synthesis is done at atomic level, their purity and homogeneity (99.9999
%), and uniformity of their microstructure is Highly Controlled → Their
mechanical, physical, and chemical properties can be precisely controlled.
❖ Properties such as strength, ductility, hardness, wear resistance, corrosion
resistance, that frequently superior to traditional and commercially available
materials.
❖ Unique electrical, magnetic, and optical properties.
➢ APPLICATIONS:
Powders for Powder Metallurgy Processing, Cutting Tools and Inserts, Computer
Chips Using Nano-Crystalline Materials, Spark-Plug Electrodes, High-Sensitivity
Sensors, High Energy Density Batteries
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THE FOUR COMPONENTS OF THE DISCIPLINE OF MATERIALS SCIENCE AND
ENGINEERING AND THEIR INTERRELATIONSHIP
Aluminum Oxide
1. Atomic structure;
2. Short- and long-range atomic arrangements;
3. Nanostructure;
4. Microstructure; and
5. Macrostructure.
(10 nm to cm)
PIEZOELECTRIC PZT-BASED GAS IGNITERS. WHEN THE PIEZOELECTRIC MATERIAL IS STRESSED (BY
APPLYING A PRESSURE), A VOLTAGE DEVELOPS AND A SPARK IS CREATED BETWEEN THE ELECTRODES.
Ions in silica (SiO2) glass exhibit only a short-range order in which Si+4 and O-2 ions
are arranged in a particular way (each Si+4 is bonded with O-2 ions in a tetrahedral
coordination, with each O-2 ion being shared by two tetrahedra). This order, however,
is not maintained over long distances, thus making silica glass amorphous. Amorphous
glasses based on silica and certain other oxides form the basis for the entire fibre-optic
communications industry.
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NANOSTRUCTURE
FERROFLUID
The mechanical strength of many metals and alloys depends very strongly on the
grain size. The grains and grain boundaries in this accompanying micrograph of
steel are part of the microstructural features of this crystalline material. In
general, at room temperature, a finer grain size leads to higher strength. Many
important properties of materials are sensitive to the microstructure.
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MACROSTRUCTURE
There are four important mechanisms by which atoms are bonded in engineered
materials. These are:
1. Metallic bonds;
2. Covalent bonds;
3. Ionic bonds; and
4. Van der waals bonds.
The first three types of bonds are relatively strong and are known as primary
bonds (relatively strong bonds between adjacent atoms resulting from the transfer
or sharing of outer orbital electrons).
The van der waals bonds are secondary bonds and originate from a different
mechanism and are relatively weaker.
❑ Materials with covalent bonding are characterized by bonds that are formed by sharing
of valence electrons among two or more atoms.
❑ Covalent bonds are very strong. As a result, covalently bonded materials are very
strong and hard. For example, diamond (C), silicon carbide (SiC), silicon nitride
(Si3n4), and boron nitride (BN) all have covalent bonds. These materials also exhibit
very high melting points, which means they could be useful for high-temperature
applications. The materials bonded in this manner typically have limited ductility
because the bonds tend to be directional.
❑ With some of these materials such as Si, we can get useful and controlled levels of
electrical conductivity by deliberately introducing small levels of other elements
known as dopants.
❑ Conductive polymers are also a good example of covalently bonded materials that can
be turned into semiconducting materials. The development of conducting polymers
that are lightweight has captured the attention of many scientists and engineers for
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(a) Covalent bonding requires that electrons be shared between atoms in such a way
that each atom has its outer sp orbitals filled
(b) In silicon, with a valence of four, four covalent bonds must be formed.
(c) Covalent bonds are directional. In silicon, a tetrahedral structure is formed with
angles of 109.5° required between
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EXAMPLE
❑ When more than one type of atom is present in a material, one atom may donate its
valence electrons to a different atom, filling the outer energy shell of the second
atom.
❑ Both atoms now have filled (or emptied) outer energy levels, but both have acquired
an electrical charge and behave as ions.
❑ The atom that contributes the electrons is left with a net positive charge and is called
a cation, while the atom that accepts the electrons acquires a net negative charge and
is called an anion.
❑ The oppositely charged ions are then attracted to one another and produce the ionic
bond.
❑ For example, the attraction between sodium and chloride ions produces sodium
chloride (NaCl), or table salt.
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