Materials Science<\/em>, also known as\u00a0Properties of Materials<\/em>, is an engineering course where the many unique characteristics of substances and compounds are studied.\u00a0 As an example, both diamond and graphite are carbon compounds that have unique chemical properties that result in different strengths, durabilities, conductivities, hardnesses and other physical features, but what are the reasons for why they are so different from one another if they both consist only of carbon?\u00a0 Essentially this is a Chemistry class for engineers, particularly students that are pursuing Civil Engineering and Mechanical Engineering.\u00a0 I elected to take it because I felt it would complement the four semesters of Chemistry and one semester of Biology I had already completed, and also because UC Berkeley was offering a unique joint program called “Electrical Engineering and Computer Science\/Materials Science and Engineering” that I was curious but not very serious about.\u00a0 Taking this course allowed me to further develop my engineering practices and also helped me to understand what I would have been studying if I had decided to go in this particular direction.<\/p>\n The classroom experience started off in a rough way:\u00a0 the original instructor was dismissed two weeks into the semester, apparently for making too many very funny but also innapropriate comments in the presence of his students–it took nearly three more weeks to find a suitable replacement.\u00a0 Fortunately everything came together, albeit in an uncomfortably abbreviated semester as we had to cram many topics into a much shorter amount of time.\u00a0 Something that I particularly enjoyed about this course is that we studied the chemical properties of metals and metallic compounds, something which is largely absent from General Chemistry<\/em> and appropriately non-existent in the Organic Chemistry<\/em> curriculum.<\/p>\n Charpy V-Notch Impact Testing<\/a> – Forthcoming<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" ENGR45 — Materials Science Materials Science, also known as\u00a0Properties of Materials, is an engineering course where the many unique characteristics of substances and compounds are studied.\u00a0 As an example, both diamond and graphite are carbon compounds that have unique chemical … Continue reading Lab Reports<\/h3>\n
\nCharpy V-Notch Impact Testing Data<\/a>
\nHardness Testing<\/a>
\nJominy End Quench<\/a>
\nJominy End Quench Data<\/a>
\nMeasurement of Bending Stress Using Strain Gauges<\/a>
\nMeasurement of Bending Stress Using Strain Gauges Data<\/a>
\nMicroscopic Examination<\/a>
\nSpecimen Preparation<\/a>
\nTensile Strength<\/a>
\nTensile Strength Data<\/a>
\nYoung’s Modulus<\/a>
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