Materials Science and Metallurgy

Assignment No. 1 (Batch A)

1. Magnesium has an HCP crystal structure, a c/a ratio of 1.624, and a density of 1.74 g/cm3. Compute
the atomic radius for Mg.

2. Determine the indices for the directions shown in the following cubic unit cell:

3. Determine the Miller indices for the planes shown in the following unit cell:

4. Draw in unit cubes the crystal planes that have the following Miller indices: (a) (111) (b) (102)
(c) (121) (d) (213) (e) (321) (f) (302) (g) (201) (h) (212) (i) (232) (j) (133) (k) (312)
(l) (331)

5. Tungsten is BCC and has a lattice constant a of 0.31648 nm. Calculate the following interplanar
spacings:
(a) d110 (b) d220 (c) d310

6. A copper rod heated from 0 to 1300 K shows an increase in length of 2.1%. Estimate the fraction of
this increase that comes from the formation of vacancies in the crystal.

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7. A cylindrical specimen of aluminium having a diameter of 19 mm and length of 200 mm is deformed
elastically in tension with a force of 48,800 N. Using the data contained in Table 2, determine the
following;
(a) The amount by which this specimen will elongate in the direction of the applied stress.
(b) The change in diameter of the specimen. Will the diameter increase or decrease?

Table 2 Room-Temperature Elastic and Shear Moduli, and Poisson’s ratio for various Metal Alloys

8. A cylindrical rod 120 mm long and having a diameter 15.0 mm is to be deformed using a tensile load
of 35,000 N. It must not experience either plastic deformation or a diameter reduction of more than 1.2
x 10-2 mm. Of the materials listed below, which are possible candidates? Justify your choice(s).

9. A tensile test is performed on a metal specimen, and it is found that a true plastic strain of 0.20 is
produced when a true stress of 575 MPa is applied; for the same metal, the value of K in equation 1 is
60 MPa. Calculate the true strain that results from the application of a true stress of 600 MPa.

10. A 0.25 percent C hypoeutectoid plain-carbon steel is slowly cooled from about 950℃ to a temperature
just slightly below 727℃.
(a) Calculate the weight percent proeutectoid ferrite in the steel.
(b) Calculate the weight percent eutectoid ferrite and eutectoid cementite in the steel.