SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY

SCHOOL OF ADVANCED STUDIES

Baguio City, Philippines

Case Study 11

ENGINEERING MATERIALS
MENG-ECE C509
5:30 PM- 8:30 PM Saturday

Submitted By:

ELORDIE W. WAGAYEN
MENG ECE
 MENG-ECE C509 MATERIALS ENGINEERING CASE STUDY QUESTIONS

1. A ductile cast-iron bar is to support a load of 40,000 lb in a heat-treating furnace used to

make malleable cast iron. The bar is located in a spot that is continuously exposed to
500°C. Design the bar so that it can operate for at least 10 years without failing.

SOLUTION:
2. We wish to produce a 1-mm-diameter copper wire having a minimum yield strength of
60,000 psi and a minimum % elongation of 5%. We start with a 20-mm-diameter rod.
Design the process by which the wire can be drawn. Include important details and explain.
SOLUTION:
3. Suppose you are asked to manufacture a critical component based on a nickel-based
superalloy. The component must not contain any porosity and it must be chemically
homogeneous. What manufacturing process would you use for this application? Why?

ANSWER:

4. Design a process to produce a NiO-60% MgO refractory with a structure that is 40%
glassy phase at room temperature. Include all relevant temperatures.

ANSWER:
5. The Cu-Zn phase diagram is shown in figure below

a) Are any intermetallic compounds present? If so, identify them and determine whether
they are stoichiometric or nonstoichiometric.

ANSWER:

b) Identify the solid solutions present in the system.

ANSWER:

c) Identify the three-phase reactions by writing down the temperature, the reaction in
equation form, and the name of the reaction.

ANSWER:
5. What are the advantages of using glass ceramics as compared to either glasses or
ceramics?

ANSWER

6. What are some of the important applications of glass-ceramics?

ANSWER