21-Mat-A4 Deformation Behaviour and Properties of Materials
Worked solutions to 9 past sittings (2013–2019), 68 questions. Pick a sitting, or start from a topic below.
Topics across the sittings
Topics that come up in more than one sitting, taken from the headings of our worked solutions. A topic counts once per sitting.
- Phase Diagram (8 sittings): December 2019 Q7 · December 2018 Q7 · December 2017 Q7 · December 2016 Q7 · May 2016 Q5 · May 2014 Q7 · December 2013 Q8 · May 2013 Q8
- Electron Structure (6 sittings): December 2017 Q1 · December 2016 Q1 · May 2016 Q1 · May 2014 Q1 · December 2013 Q1 · May 2013 Q1
- Grain Boundaries (6 sittings): December 2019 Q6 · December 2018 Q6 · December 2017 Q6 · December 2016 Q6 · May 2014 Q8 · May 2013 Q5
- Bonding (5 sittings): December 2017 Q2 · December 2016 Q2 · May 2016 Q1 · May 2014 Q1 · May 2013 Q1
- Diffusion (5 sittings): December 2017 Q6 · May 2016 Q7 · May 2014 Q4 · December 2013 Q6 · May 2013 Q4
- Microstructural Characterization (5 sittings): December 2019 Q5 · December 2018 Q5 · December 2017 Q5 · December 2016 Q5 · December 2013 Q5
- Crystal Structure (4 sittings): December 2019 Q3 · May 2014 Q2 · December 2013 Q3 · May 2013 Q2
- Crystal Structure I (4 sittings): December 2018 Q3 · December 2017 Q3 · December 2016 Q3 · May 2016 Q2
- Dislocations (4 sittings): December 2019 Q6 · December 2018 Q6 · May 2014 Q8 · May 2013 Q5
- X-ray Diffraction (4 sittings): May 2016 Q6 · May 2014 Q5 · December 2013 Q5 · May 2013 Q7
- Chemical Bonding (3 sittings): December 2019 Q2 · December 2018 Q2 · December 2013 Q4
- Crystal Structure II (3 sittings): December 2017 Q4 · December 2016 Q4 · May 2016 Q3
- Mechanical Deformation (3 sittings): May 2016 Q8 · May 2014 Q6 · May 2013 Q6
- Atomic Structure (2 sittings): December 2019 Q1 · December 2018 Q1
- Point Defects in Crystalline Solids (2 sittings): December 2019 Q4 · December 2018 Q4
Questions by sitting
December 2019
- Question 1: Atomic Structure
- Question 2: Chemical Bonding
- Question 3: Crystal Structure
- Question 4: Point Defects in Crystalline Solids
- Question 5: Microstructural Characterization
- Question 6: Dislocations and Grain Boundaries
- Question 7: Phase Diagram
December 2018
- Question 1: Atomic Structure
- Question 2: Chemical Bonding
- Question 3: Question III: Crystal Structure I
- Question 4: Point Defects in Crystalline Solids
- Question 5: Microstructural Characterization
- Question 6: Dislocations and Grain Boundaries
- Question 7: Question VII: Phase Diagram
December 2017
- Question 1: Electron Structure
- Question 2: Bonding
- Question 3: Question III: Crystal Structure I
- Question 4: Crystal Structure II
- Question 5: Microstructural Characterization
- Question 6: Diffusion and Grain Boundaries
- Question 7: Question VII: Phase Diagram
May 2017
- Question 1: Fracture-Toughness Design Check and Fatigue-Limited Flaw Size
- Question 2: Creep and Fatigue Testing; Definitions of Toughness
- Question 3: Fatigue Life of a Cracked Sheet; Sub-Yield Failure Mechanisms
- Question 4: Strengthening Mechanisms; Single-Crystal Turbine Blades
- Question 5: Yield vs. Fast Fracture in a Cracked Plate; Cold-Weather Failures; HCP Brittleness
- Question 6: Metal vs. Semicrystalline-Polymer Stress-Strain Behaviour; CFRP Composites
- Question 7: Considère's Necking Criterion; Elastic Springback of a Stretched Sheet
- Question 8: Creep and Fatigue Conditions; Creep Mechanism; Strain-Rate Sensitivity and Brittleness
December 2016
- Question 1: Electron Structure
- Question 2: Bonding
- Question 3: Question III — Crystal Structure I
- Question 4: Crystal Structure II
- Question 5: Microstructural Characterization
- Question 6: Dislocation Theory and Grain Boundaries
- Question 7: Question VII — Phase Diagram
May 2016
- Question 1: Electron Structure and Bonding
- Question 2: Crystal Structure I: HCP Cobalt
- Question 3: Question III — Crystal Structure II: BaTiO₃ Perovskite
- Question 4: Crystalline Imperfections
- Question 5: Phase Diagram: Iron–Carbon
- Question 6: X-ray Diffraction
- Question 7: Question VII — Diffusion and Case Hardening
- Question 8: Question VIII — Mechanical Deformation
May 2014
- Question 1: Electron Structure and Bonding
- Question 2: Crystal Structure and Point Defects
- Question 3: Question III — Polymer Structure
- Question 4: Diffusion
- Question 5: X-ray Diffraction and Experimental Methods for Crystal Structure
- Question 6: Mechanical Deformation
- Question 7: Question VII — Phase Diagram
- Question 8: Question VIII — Dislocations and Grain Boundaries
December 2013
- Question 1: Electron Structure
- Question 2: Crystal Defects
- Question 3: Question III — Crystal Structure
- Question 4: Structure and Chemical Bonding
- Question 5: X-ray Diffraction and Microstructural Characterization
- Question 6: Diffusion
- Question 7: Question VII — Mechanical Behaviour
- Question 8: Question VIII — Phase Diagram
May 2013
- Question 1: Electron Structure and Bonding
- Question 2: Crystal Structure
- Question 3: Question III — Point Defects in Crystals
- Question 4: Diffusion
- Question 5: Dislocations, Slip and Grain Boundaries
- Question 6: Mechanical Deformation
- Question 7: Question VII — X-ray Diffraction and Experimental Methods
- Question 8: Question VIII — Phase Diagram