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PROPERTIES OF MATERIALS: MORE
THAN PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL
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1. STRUCTURAL PROPERTIES
These aren’t really ‘properties’ – more like definitions that relate to what’s happening microscopically. The goal here is to relate structure to properties.
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1A. COMPOSITION
The kinds and relative count of elements, ions or other constituents in a material; chemical formula, percent in an alloy, etc. Note that a single composition can have different structures, for instance allotropes of sulfur or polymorphs in iron-carbon systems. The basic starting point is:
Composition Bonding Metals metallic elements metallic
Ceramics metals + nonmetals ionic & covalent
Polymers carbon, hydrogen covalent
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1B. CRYSTAL STRUCTURE
Atomic scale order; the manner in which atoms or ions are spatially arranged. It is defined in terms of unit cell geometry. A material with long-range order is called crystalline (contrasted with amorphous).
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1C. MICROSTRUCTURE
The structural features that can be seen using a microscope, but seldom with the naked eye; ranges from glassy to crystalline; includes grain boundaries and phase structures.
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2. PHYSICAL PROPERTIES These are the standard properties that
we teach in chemistry class.
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2A. STATE Solid, liquid or gas; not as simple as it
may seem.
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2B. DENSITYMass of a material per unit volume. Low density, high strength materials are desirable for manufacturing aircraft and sporting equipment.
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2C. MAGNETISM The physical attraction for iron, inherent in a material or induced by moving electric fields. Iron, cobalt, nickel and gadolinium are inherently ferromagnetic.
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2D. SOLUBILITYThe maximum amount of a solute that can be added to a solvent. Solubility is complex in some solid materials, for instance the ones that form eutectic mixtures; a good starting point to discuss complex phase diagrams.
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2E. VISCOSITY Resistance of a material (usually liquid) to flow. Plastics and glasses become less viscous with increasing temperature.
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3. MECHANICAL PROPERTIES
The concepts of stress, strain, elasticity, deformation and failure are necessary to understand and interpret mechanical properties.
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3A. MALLEABILITY The ability of a material to be reshaped in all directions (plastic deformation) without failure; related to ductility and sometimes called workability; an important characteristic of metals.
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3B. DUCTILITY The ability of a material to change shape (deform) usually by stretching along its length; closely related to tensile strength.
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3C. STRENGTH Strength is not a precisely defined mechanical property, as there are many types of strength. Collectively, it means the ability of a material to stand up to forces being applied without it bending, breaking, shattering or deforming.
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3D. HARDNESSThe resistance to being permanently deformed or bent; measured by distance of penetration into the material. There are several scales used to measure hardness.
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3E. TOUGHNESSA characteristic of a material that relates to its response to sudden blows or shocks. Toughness can be expressed as the amount of energy required for creating or propagating a crack.
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3F. BRITTLENESSThe absence of ductility; failure by sudden fracture (no plastic deformation); characteristic of ceramic materials.
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3G. ELASTICITY The ability of a material to absorb force and flex in different directions, returning to its original position once the stress is removed. Polymers are desirable for their elasticity.
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4. ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES
For the sake of this summary, electricity is defined as the flow of electrons.
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4A. CONDUCTIVITYA measure of how easily a material allows electrical current to flow through. Metals like copper, aluminum and iron have much higher electrical conductivities than ceramics, plastics, glass and rubber.
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4B. RESISTIVITYThe reciprocal of electrical conductivity; a measure of a material’s resistance to the flow of electric current. Resistivity is an important concept in semiconductors; depends on electronic structure, temperature and microstructure.
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5. CHEMICAL PROPERTIES Generally, lack of reactive chemistry is
desirable for materials; this is a good place to look through those MSD sheets.
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5A. TOXICITYA measure of a material’s ability to damage or disrupt the metabolism of living tissue; can be acute or chronic; can be administered by contact, inhalation, ingestion, or injection. The dose makes the poison.
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5B. CORROSION RESISTANCE
Corrosion is an electrochemical process that is closely related to the activity series. An ion high on the list will replace a metal lower on the list. Mg > Al > Zn > Cr > Fe > Sn > Ni > Cu > Ag > Au Corrosion is strongly dependent on environmental variables.
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5C. COMBUSTIBILITY A material’s ability to catch fire and burn; important for organic materials and reactive metals.
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5D. BIOCOMPATIBILITY Use in or on the human body without eliciting a rejection response from the surrounding body tissues; includes materials made of polymers, metals, ceramics, and composites.
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6. THERMAL PROPERTIES Think about heating a rod: it gets hot, it expands, it conducts heat, it may soften or melt.
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6A. SPECIFIC HEAT The efficiency of a material in absorbing heat. High specific heat means a material heats fast and cools down fast. By definition, the specific heat of a material is the energy required to raise the temperature of 1 g of that material by 1 °C.
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6B. THERMAL EXPANSION Nearly all materials expand when heated and contract when cooled. The extent to which this happens is the coefficient of thermal expansion. Bridges are designed with expansion joints so they don’t buckle due to thermal expansion.
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6C. THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY
Thermal conductivity is the rate at which heat flows through a material. It depends on the flow of both electrons and phonons.
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6D. MELTING POINT The temperature at which liquid begins to form as a material is heated. Not all materials have distinct melting points, and many materials have phase transition temperatures in which crystal structure changes.