Materials Flashcards
Spring in series/parallel
Like capacitor arrangement-
-Parallel u add meaning f/k=x meaning more force need for same extension
Vice versa
Poisons ratio
v=strain lateral/strain axial
Hardness
Measure of resistance to permanent deformation
Resistance from scratches and indentation
Strength
Amount of force needed to deform a material
Toughness
Amount of force needed to fracture
Yield strength
The load or stress at which material starts to plastically deform
Ductile material
Lower yield strength and higher elongation failure
Brittle
Higher yield strength and exhibits little or no plastic deformation at failure
Bonding and properties
Stronger the interatomic bonding higher the modulus (stiffer).
Elastic properties depend on the Orientation and interconnection of bonds
Periodic trends
- atomic radius radius reduces across and electron affinity increases ▶️ because number of proton increases hence stronger attraction from nucleus
- ionisation energy (to remove electron) goes up across▶️ and above 🔼 because when radius gets bigger electron further from nucleus away less attraction
Primary bonding
Primary bonds
•metallic bonding
•ionic
•covalent
Secondary bonds
•hydrogen bonding
•van der waal (London forces)
Primary bonds are stiff, while secondary bonds are less stiff
Metallic bonding
- Sea of delocalised electrons (good conductivity of electricity and heat)
- give up electrons easily
- bond strength proportional to melting point
- non directional bonding allows dense packing to form metallic lattices
Ionic
- metal loses electron and gives it to a non metal (bonding between metal and non metal)
- elements of very different electronegativity
- non directional bonding
- electrons in a fixed position means no movement hence bad conductivity
- bonding is strong meaning high modulus meaning stuff hence materials are hard stiff and brittle
Covalent
- two or more non metals share electrons to complete shell (for stability)
- very strong and stiff
- directional bonding (cannot easily move the bonds around the atom)
- electrons tightly bound hence bad conductivity
- polymer chains predominantly made of covalent carbon chains
- found in ceramics
Non directional bonding
Allows close packing in certain patterns and produces dense materials
Van der waals
Arise from the polarity of the dipole. (Asymmetric distribution of electron charge between two atoms)
Hydrogen bonds
Stronger than van der waal
•when hydrogen bonds with highly electronegative atoms O,F,N
Important part in polymers
Polymers properties
- very long chains of carbon atoms
- covalent bonding hence directional bonding hence they can rotate to form complex shapes
- viscoelastic behaviour
- low modulus
- low strength
- not conductive
- poor thermal resistance
- cheap and easy to make (fabrication by moulding)
- low chemical reactivity
Viscoelastic behaviour
- low temperature: elastic at small strains (deformation instantaneous and reversible) stiffer
- high temperature: viscous (deformation time dependent and not reversible) flows more because secondary bonds broken
- intermediate temperatures: viscoelastic (instantaneous elastic strain + viscous time depend strain) So elastic for rapid applied stress and viscous for slow applied stress (behaviour dependent on the rate of strain)
Thermoset vs thermoplastic
Two classes of polymers
•thermoplastics has no branching therefore chains mobile when heated hence allows polymers to form a viscous liquid at high temperature and can be reversed (can melt)
•thermosets large amounts of branching occurs via chemical reactions (more covalent). Cannot melt you can soften and cannot be reversed
Bending polymers
Modulus is different in the middle of polymers because stress distribution is not linear
Ceramics and glasses properties
- non metals and comprising of metals meaning can have ionic and covalent bonding.
- strong
- stiff
- hard
- brittle (strong bonds high modulus) no plastic deformation
- high electrical and thermal insulation (poor electron mobility)
- excellent temperature (primary bonding are strong)
Manufacturing ceramics
- brittle so not easily machined or cut
- powder processing diffusion to make (dry under pressure and heat powder liquid)
Defects in ceramics
- strength is dependent on volume (smaller the diameter higher the strength) small fibre cannot have big defects (internal defects can not be reversed)
- surface defects can be reduced by: flame polishing, acid polishing and coatings and glazes
Statistical analysis
Use weibul distribution to estimate failure of ceramics as distribution is not normal
Weibul modulus (m) is the opposite of standard deviation in terms of large m small spread narrow distribution (reliable material)
What is a composite material
- A mixture of two or more discrete materials
- materials are separate
- dispersed phase usually either particles (eg carbon) or fibres