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Engineering
Chapter 9
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A mixture of two or more elements. Alloying is the addition of one or more elements to a pure metal to alter the pure metal's properties such as strength, elongation, weight reduction, etc. | |
Biomaterial | Biomedical engineering is a discipline that advances knowledge in engineering, biology. and medicine, and improves human health through cross-disciplinary activities. |
A buckyball is a molecule called Buckminsterfullerene. Composed of 60 carbon atoms formed in the shape of a hollow ball, buckyballs have, as yet, little practical use, although they do make up nanotubes, which have some uses. | |
Ceramic Engineering is a specialised field in materials engineering, concerned with the development of ceramic materials. Ceramics are traditionally made from clay (a naturally occurring substance) and commonly used in pottery and brickwork | |
A composite engineer is an engineer tasked with a range of technical, production process, and administrative responsibilities in companies that produce composite materials or use them for the construction of their products. | |
Manufacturability | Design for manufacturability (also sometimes known as design for manufacturing or DFM) is the general engineering practice of designing products in such a way that they are easy to manufacture. |
Materials of Engineering refers to selecting the correct materials for the application in which the engineered part is being used. | |
The temperature at which a liquid and a solid of the same substance are at equilibrium with each other. Each pure substance has a specific melting point, for a given surrounding pressure. |