MENA3100 – Characterization of materials

OBK, 17.01.12

Material is a generic term used to describe physical matter in the solid state which occurs naturally or is manufactured to achieve particular physical properties and characteristics.

Material characterization

char·ac·ter·ize 1 : to describe the character or quality of <characterizes him as ambitious>2 : to be a characteristic of : DISTINGUISH <an era characterized by greed>

What?

Properties

Chemistry

Structure

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How?

Flewitt and Wilde

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary

Why?

Et materiale er et fast stoff vi kan bruke til noe.

MENA1000

Composition CaCO3

Calcite (Kalsitt, kalkspat)

Calcite structure

Aragonite

CaCO3

Calcite Aragonite

Orthorombic Pmcna = 4,95 Å, b = 7,96 Å, c = 5,73 Å

Aragonite structure

Hexagonal-R 32/ma = 4,99 Å, c = 17,06 Å

(a = 6,37 Å, = 46°05’)

Skutterudite CoAs3

Structure type

CeFe4Sb12Filled skutterudites La0,2Co4P12

Skuterud gård, Modum

CoP3

NiP3

IrAs3RhAs3

IrSb3

RhSb3

CoSb3 (Fe,Co)P3

IrP3

WHY?

But also:

ApplicationsExample: Skutterudites have interesting thermoelectric properties

MicrostructureSteel

Rapid quenching – martensite

Spheroidization