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| What are the basics of atomi structure , what is the atomic number , mass number and atomic weight? |
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| What does avogadro's number represent and it's value? |
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| The basics of electron arrangement and orbs aroudn the atom nuceleus |
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| What are valence electrons and why are they important? |
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| What are the four types of bonding? How do they form and what properties do they give |
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| What are the three basic categories of materials , predominant bonding for each and examples of each |
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| ceramic , metal and polyers |
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| Pressure-temp equilibrium diagram for water and how it works in ice skating |
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| Fundamentals of elastic and plastic deformation in metal. What happens when unloaded? |
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| What is strain hardening? What is the effect on a metals strength and ductility? |
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| What's the difference between failure in brittle , semi ductile and ductile tension failre |
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| How to calculate tensile strength , compression strength , elongation strain , lateral strain , poisson's ration , initial elastic modulus , secant modulus and tangment modulus |
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| What is the difference between nominal stress and true stress? Which is usually used and why? |
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| What are the four different cases of rate of load application on a material and giving an example of each |
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| How do materials fail under compression loads and how is tension involved? |
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| What conditions cause material to creep and why do materials experience creep |
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| After a material has suffered creep , what ours when the load is removed and what is it called? |
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| Know the magnitude of loading that will ultimate cause failure due to excessive creep |
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| Know the names and strain behavior in each sub-division of creep deformation |
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| What is stress relaxation and how does it affect structures? |
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| How will materials react to cyclic loader . What materials have a lower safe limit of stress? |
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| How does rapid impact loading effect metal strength , stiffness andductility |
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| What is the mean of a series of numbers and how to calculate it |
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| What is the standard deviation and how it varies between steel and concrete |
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| Why is standard deviation important in determining the design allowable strength of a material? |
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