I had a quarter project for Material Science that took up an enormous amount
of my time. Here's some photos and info summing it up.
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A small taste of my Material Science course. We had to find and buy our own materials.
We got aluminum, alloy steel, titanium, and bronze (top to bottom)
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One of the tests we performed to find out its material properties was a Tension
Test. Its put in this large machine which pulls the samples apart slowly.
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The samples after they broke. By looking at how they broke and such, you can
tell how strong a material is. |
These were broken by cleaving them with a big hammer. Fun stuff! |
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| Steel under a 50X microscope. |
Titanium under 50X microscope. Smaller grains mean stronger material. Look how
small they are compared to steel or brass. |
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| Brass under 50X microscope. Brass mostly sucks, which is partially due to the
large grains. |
Emma and myself before my concert with the University Singers. |
