Materials Definition and 989 Threads

Hi guys, My science teacher gave me a project to design a robot for a specific planet. I must also include what materials the robot were to be made of. Unfortunately the planet I received has very hostile conditions 1. Temps of -1000 degrees C. Do not ask my why my planet is colder than 0K (3...

Recently I discussed aircraft materials with an engineer and we discussed the now famous carbon fiber materials being used for aircraft construction. But he mentioned something I never heard about before called Boron-Aluminum which supposedly is an advanced aircraft material. The few resources...

I am trying to understand the concept of interatomic spacing. Below is a link to three pictures, and my questions is: why are they different? I thought atoms were packed together touching each other like in the first picture but the second and third imply otherwise. Any explanation or help is...

Hi everyone, I am a fourth year undergrad in physics. I am strongly considering graduate study in materials science, and I am wondering which course might have more impact both on my future studies and on admissions. The materials course seems like a broad overview of the subject, going over...

I am an undergrad physics major at a US university. I plan on attending grad school for condensed matter physics, so I've been looking for research opportunities here. There is limited condensed matter research, however, and most of it is done through the materials science/engineering...

Hello, I'm looking for small particle material. Please see a picture above. The left one is box shape and the other one is sphere shape. But the diameter of the sphere is very small like something around 20~100 μm. Both are made of same material of which modulus is over 20 GPa and both are...

I have two ionic crystals (metal complexes). Both of them contain the same cation but the anion are different in one functional group. One is a CH3 and the other is a Cl. Both of the crystals have similar unit cell and space group. However, to obtain the same quality, one crystalise in 2 hrs and...

Which MSc course below do you think would be better to have upon graduation, in terms of being able to obtain employment in some area of science or research, or perhaps engineering? Both are at the same university. MSc Materials Science. This is an online course (no lectures), though a...

I have started a class on the analysis of calculus. We are three weeks in and have covered some basic set theory, fields and axioms, and now we are beginning induction. It is a very rigorous course and I hoping someone might know of some helpful resources that could aid me throughout it. Ideally...

Do you guys know a low-cost low-threshold optical beam limiter, with cost somewhere ~$100. Or if you know certain method to fabricate such. I would be greatful if you could include links and/or references. I am still noob in photonics so I am only familiar with a beam limiter that blocks the...

Homework Statement Hollow Circular tube of Length (L) 600 mm is compressed by forces P (axially). Outside diameter (d2) is 75 mm. Inside diameter (d1) is 63 mm. Modulus of Elasticity (E) is 73 GPa Poisson's ratio (v) is 0.33. axial strain (ε) is 781 x 10-6 Find shortening of tube (δ). (This...

Let's consider the Magnetic hysteresis loop of a certain material: https://www.nde-ed.org/EducationResources/CommunityCollege/MagParticle/Physics/HysteresisLoop.htm is an example. In many sites and books it is written that its area is proportional to the energy wasted as heat, so A = kE_d. In...

Hello scientists, I'm interested in relativity, I have read a lot about Einstein's experiments and studies in simple language. But after watching interstellar movie I want to study relativity carefully from A to Z. So I want you to recommend me books to study and understand relativity, and...

I was told that "piezoelectric materials can become more efficient if they were made to reduce their elasticity (the ones such as PVDF films that are flexiable).This is because the external energy is used to force the film back to its original shape just like when a spring is squashed; so most...

hi everybody, I'm looking for tables of k-factor (sheetmetal) for different materials and different angels.

Hi, I am not a mathematician or scientist or student. In advance I ask that you please excuse my ignorance. I calculated that at tensile strength of .51 equals an MPA of .0035163. Thank god for internet calculators. I do not know what MPA means, but materials are listed this way. So if I...

The problem is: A copper alloy having gauge length of 2 inches is subjected to strain of 0.4 inch/inch when the stress is 70 ksi. if yield stress is 45 ksi and yield strain is 0.0025 inch/inch, determine the distance between the gauge points when the load is released So I tried to do this...

Hi everyone, I need advice. I'm in a difficult situation right now. I'm living in a third world country and universities are few and far between. There is one near me that has a handful of careers, including two engineering types: "materials" and informatics. The rest of the options are social...

Why is the dielectric constant smaller in few-layer materials than in bulk materials?

Homework Statement http://prntscr.com/7rtrep http://prntscr.com/7rts95 Homework Equations theta = TL/GJ t(max)= Tc/J The Attempt at a Solution The two questions i have are rather similar so i put them up at the same time, i hope that's okay. For the first one ( the first link) i started by...

I was wondering if I could ask a question on the magnetic field surrounding a current-carrying wire, and how this field might change with the presence of other, ferrous materials nearby. I have been using this web page http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/magnetic/magcur.html#c3 to...

searching for my feasibility study thanks.in advance.

Hello! I'm looking for a substance that can: (1) be turned into a flexible material (e.g., a flexible plastic), (2) is dissolveable in rubbing alcohol but not water (or blood), and (3) safe for a medical procedure ... And, if possible, preferably biodegradable... I know that's kind of a...

Hey My question relates to piezo cable under saddle pickup for accoustic guitars. They change the guitar's sound into electrical energy. They work almost like a microphone. But these cables are bendable, would that mean bending them can cause an electrical impulse along Becasue they are up of...

Hi Guys, i want to fabricate semiconductor p-type and n-type material and i want it to combine to make a p-n junction diode, but i don't know how to combine or merge the two, (my materials are thin films) I'm thinking to solder it but I'm afraid that it will break, or distort, or I'm thinking to...

Hi Where can I buy Piezoelectric sheets? Similar to the one shown in the picture. Thanks

What are the differences between 3d Nano-materials and bulk materials?

Is it possible to calculate how much Helium a star can produce when it reaches the end of the main-sequence, right before it starts burning Helium ( given if it has enough mass to do so) ? And if it is possible then is it also possible to calculate how many materials a star can produce given...

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A mica window is used on Geiger counters. The thin mica is supposedly very transparent to alphas. But are there other materials? Extremely thin metal foils?

By definition the UTS is the maximum stress a material can take. But how exactly can a material not break after reaching the UTS if it is so? Why is there a breaking stress and how come on the graph of stress against strain the stress seems to decreases before the braking stress?

Hi PF Family, I'm a rising junior majoring in physics. I plan to enroll and be accepted into graduate school(s) such as UIUC, Princeton, and MIT. I know that requires much work and hard work. However, my problem is in choosing the right program. I want to be able to integrate CMP and Materials...

Homework Statement Stress = 320 MPa Max Elastic Moment = Stress*Z Max Plastic Moment = Stress*S Solve the maximum moments and compare the % increase Beam is an I beam with dimensions: (b and d) Top Flange = 25*10 web = 10*180 Bottom Flange = 200*8 Homework Equations see above The Attempt at...

Hey guys, following the brouhaha around mr.lewin's inappropriate conduct, mit ocw has removed all of lewin's course materials from its page. But the lectures are still available on YouTube, thankfully :bow: But the pdfs aren't! Please let me know if any of you have them downloaded from back...

If we connect a two metals with different Fermi levels electrons will start to flow from metal with higher Fermi level to a lower one. Untill metal with lower Fermi level will get negatively charged and the process will stop. But what if we connect a two materials with different Fermi levels...

Hey! I'm an EPFL student in 1st year, and we are creating an amphibious vehicle which has to work with the strenght of a spring, so we decided to give him the form of a Catamaran. The thing is that it cannot overpass 1kg, so we prefer not to use aluminium. For the hulls we decided to use High...

Hey all, I have been put in charge of developing my company's research and development "lab" and I am currently looking for some testing equipment to buy. My background is in civil engineering, however I did do a small amount of material testing in school, and I'm familiar with the concepts...

Hello, I am confused with casting grades of different steel,for example 316 SS has casting grade CF8M. What does it mean and where can i find grades of other materials as well like 316L, 304L. 304, CS, etc. Any data sheet showing grades for every material will be helpful. Thanks

Bidders propeses ASTM A36 material istead of S275 J2 or S355ML/NL for structural steel (Piperack, Equipment Structure, etc.) on the basis of international standards for most optimal and economical design. Is it really optimal? pls explain why

Hi, name's Sehaj. I'm in my first year of a Natural Sciences degree studying at the University of Leeds, England. It's a flexible degree with a masters option which I'm looking to take, perhaps gearing towards working in materials science. But I also have an interest in nanotechnology...

How thick would a 4'x8' aluminum plate need to be to hold 1 atmosphere in space? What about a 4'x8' sheet of glass?

Hello everyone, I am working with my modern physics professor Dr. Parshar to make a pulse laser for my modern physics lab. I have to make an itemized expense report for the materials and all that. I need help figuring out what crystal or doped glass would be best to use, not super expensive...

Hi Masters. I'm searching for control rod materials and so far I got the ones listed below. I know that the material selected for control rods should have a good absorption cross section for neutrons and have a long lifetime as an absorber. I just wonder the materials and compounds used in...

I have a conceptual question. There is a law in science for every phenomenon in nature, like gravity or electric field. But also there are laws for springs or capacitors etc... I mean the engineering materials that are produced by engineering processes, not can be found in the nature itself...

This is the book that is required for my materials science II class but I can't find this book, I can't even find the contents so I can find a similar book. Do you know any?

Okay. I have to do the egg drop project tomorrow and I need help with ideas for designs. Available materials: 2 sheets of printer paper 1 meter of tape I have to build something that can withstand about a 5 meter drop. Additional materials can be 'purchased' with grade points, but only more...

Homework Statement Rigid beam ABC is supported as shown in the figure. The pin connections at B, C, and D are each double shear connections, and the ultimate shear strength of the pin material is 640 MPa. Tie rod (1) has a yield strength of 350 MPa. A uniformly distributed load of w = 11 kN/m...

Hello, just for some basic understanding I wrote a (1D) numerical simulation to investigate the internal mechanics of collision impact in different materials. For a start I work with a really simple model which consists of: - basic elements (circles of fixed radius and mass and their current...

what happen to the conductor if it reaches the critical temperature where high conductivity and then back to the original case does it preserve by an amount of high conductivity or high conductivity disappear just a question I'm engineering student electrical power department