17-Phys-B7 Structure of Materials: December 2016

Paper format. 98-Phys-B7 Structure of Materials, National Examination December 2016 — a closed-book examination (Casio or Sharp approved calculators only; all necessary equations, constants, the error-function table and the Cu–Ag phase diagram are supplied in the paper's own appendix). Candidates attempt any five of the seven questions, each worth 20 marks; every question is nonetheless answered in full below so the paper remains a complete study resource. This sitting numbers its questions with Roman numerals (Question I–VII) while sub-items inside each question use Arabic numerals (1., 2., 3.).

Reference texts. W. D. Callister Jr. & D. G. Rethwisch, Materials Science and Engineering: An Introduction, 10th ed. (atomic bonding, crystal structure and packing, point defects, diffusion, dislocations and slip, mechanical properties, phase diagrams and the lever rule, X-ray diffraction); D. J. Griffiths, Introduction to Quantum Mechanics, 3rd ed. (Bohr model, de Broglie wavelength, Heisenberg uncertainty).