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Materials Testing
Def. of material properties
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Engineering
Undergraduate 3
12/06/2009

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Quality Control
Definition
test a sampling of product to ensure it meets specifications.
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Materials Research
Definition
Developing new materials to meet a specific need.
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Failure Analysis
Definition
Determine the cause of a product failure.
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Standardized
Definition
Done the same way every time, by everyone who does it. A written procedure ensures this.
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Reliable
Definition
same results on repeated tests
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Valid
Definition
measures exactly what you set out to measure.
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Objective
Definition
Same results regardless of who performs it.
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Precise
Definition
measurements from repeated tests are the same.
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Accurate
Definition
measurements are close to the target value.
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Unit Weight
Definition
tells you the weight of a given volume of the material.
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Specific Gravity
Definition
A comparison of the unit weight (or density) of a material to the unit weight (or density)of water.
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Hardness
Definition
the resistance of a material to abrasion or localized plastic deformation
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Impact Test
Definition
The energy required to break a standard sized sample with a sudden, sharp load.
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Toughness
Definition
A Materials ability to absorb energy without breaking.
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Ultimate Strength
Definition
The maximum stress a material will withstand before failing.
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Yield Strength
Definition
The maximum stress a material will withstand before deforming permanently.
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Proportional Limit
Definition
The maximum stress a material will withstand before stress-strain relationship becomes non-linear.
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Modulus of Elasticity
Definition
the ratio of stress over strain in the linear region of the stress-strain curve.
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Percentage Elongation
Definition
The plastic deformation at failure, as a percentage of the original length
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Normal stress
Definition
acts in a direction perpendicular to the surface on which it acts
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Shear stress
Definition
acts in a direction parallel to the surface on which it acts
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Plastics
Definition
are "synthetically produced polymers of carbon based molecules“
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Synthetic
Definition
do not occur in nature, man made
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Polymer
Definition
made from many molecules of the same type joined together in chains.
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Monomer
Definition
a molecule that is joined together to make a polymer
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CONDENSATION POLYMERIZATION
Definition
Two different types of monomers are combined to produce a chain comprised of a third type of monomer
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CROSS-LINKING
Definition
Combining two monomers to produce a chain comprised of those same two monomers
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CO POLYMERIZATION
Definition
Combining two or three different types of monomer chains.
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Liquid Penetrant
Definition
1. Apply penetrant, 2. Wipe off excess, 3. Apply developer, 4. observe
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Nondestructive Testing-types
Definition
Liquid Penetrants, Ultrasonic, Magnetic Particle, Acoustic Emissions, Radiographic, eddy current, Visual
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