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Notes for IUPUI ME 344TRANSCRIPT
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ME 34400
Introduction to Engineering Materials
Size of the atom
Materials Science
Materials Engineering
What is “Material”
A substance of which something is made or composed
Periodic Table
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14C
Periodic Table with 301 Metallic Materials
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Categories of Metals
Ferrous Non‐Ferrous
Polymers
Commercial PolymersCeramic Materials
Ceramics: Metallic and nonmetallic
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Composite materials
Composite: Mixture of two or more distinct materials
Electronic Materials
MEMS (electronic materials)• MEMS: Microelectromechanical systems.
Miniature devices
Nanomaterials• Nanomaterials: Characteristic length < 100 nm
Examples: ceramics powder and grain size < 100 nm
Nanomaterials are harder and stronger than bulk materials.
Have biocompatible characteristics ( as in Zirconia)
Transistors and diodes are developed on a nanowire.
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Bike frame