THEOPENUNIVERSITYOFSRILANKA DEPARTMENTOFMECHANICALENGINEERING BACHELOROFTECHNOLOGY(MECHATRONICS)LEVEL05

ACADEMICYEAR2013/2014

MEX5272MATERIALSANDMANUFACTURINGTECHNOLOGY ASSIGNMENTNO01
PLEASEREADTHEFOLLOWINGINSTRUCTIONSBEFOREANSWERINGTHEASSIGNMENT INSTRUCTIONS: 1. ThisassignmentisbasedonUnit01.Youmayrequirereferringadditionresourcesformoreinformation. 2. Answerallquestions 3. Submissionofassignmentscanbedonebyanyofthefollowingmethods I. Byregisteredposttotheaddressgivenbelow THECOURSECOORDINATORINMEX5272 DEPARTMENTOFMECHANICALENGINEERING THEOPENUNIVERSITYOFSRILANKA P.O.BOX21,NAWALA NUGEGODA DepositingitintotheassignmentboxlocatedoutsidetheMechanicalEngineeringResearchLaboratoryat Science&Technologybuilding,Nawala. PersonallyhandingitovertotherespectiveCoordinator.(Makesurethatitisdatestamped).

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4. Deadlineforsubmission:17thJanuary2014.Pleasenotethatlatesubmissionswillnotbeentertained.

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ExplainthetermsPhaseandEquilibriumPhaseDiagramofmaterials. The solidus and liquidus temperatures for two pure metals A and B in a Binary system are given below. Compositionwt% (A) 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 Solidus temperature () 938 1005 1065 1123 1178 1232 1282 1326 1359 1390 1414 Liquidus temperature () 938 1147 1226 1278 1315 1346 1367 1385 1397 1408 1414 1|P a g e

a) Constructthethermalequilibriumphasediagramforthissystem(useagraphpaper). b) Labelallphasefieldsinthediagram. c) Briefly describe the solidification of an alloy containing 15% of A when cooled from 1250 underequilibriumconditions.Useyourdiagraminsection(a)abovetoanswerthisquestion. d) Determine the composition of the liquid and the solid present in equilibrium at 1100in an alloycontaining20%ofA.

2) UsingtheIsothermaltransformationdiagramisshowninFigure2below,fora1.13wt%Csteelalloy determine the final microstructure of a small specimen that has been subjected to the following timetemperaturetreatments.Assumethatthespecimenbeginsat920andthatit hasbeenheld at this temperature long enough to have achieved a complete and homogeneous austenitic structure.

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a) Rapidlycoolingto420,holdingfor10secs,andthenquenchingtoroomtemperature. b) Rapidly cooling to 650, holding at this temperature for 10secs, rapidly cool to 450and holdingfor10secsandthenquenchingtoroomtemperature. c) Determinetherequirements(timetemperaturepaths)toproducefollowingmicrostructures. I. II.

100%finepearlite Minimumcoolingratetoform100%Martensite

3) Discussandanalyzefollowingtopics. I. II. III. IV. V.

Typesofstainlesssteel DifferencebetweenThermoplasticsandThermosettingplastics Hardenabilityofsteel Variouseffectsofalloyingelementsinsteel Differencebetweensolidsolutionstrengtheningandprecipitationstrengthening

4) I. Explaintheprocessofheattreatment. II. Describethetypesofpropertiesthatcanbealteredthroughheattreatment. III. Describethemajormechanismsthatcanbeusedtoincreasethestrengthofametal. IV. Explainthemosteffectivestrengtheningmechanismfornonferrousmetals. V. Describethemajorfactorthatinfluencesthestrengthandhardnessofmartensite.

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