Engineering Materials: Metal Quiz
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Which of the following is a common method to improve the fatigue strength of metals?

  • Polishing the surface
  • Increasing the grain size
  • Shot peening (correct)
  • Introducing surface defects
  • What is the primary strengthening mechanism in steel?

  • Work hardening (correct)
  • Grain refinement
  • Precipitation hardening
  • Solid solution strengthening
  • What is the purpose of tempering steel?

  • To reduce toughness
  • To decrease ductility
  • To relieve internal stresses (correct)
  • To increase hardness
  • Which field emphasizes finding uses for materials in other fields and industries?

    <p>Materials engineering</p> Signup and view all the answers

    During which historical period did researchers begin to use analytical thinking from chemistry, physics, and engineering to understand ancient observations in metallurgy and mineralogy?

    <p>The Age of Enlightenment</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary focus of materials scientists according to the text?

    <p>Understanding the history of a material</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What relationships does the materials paradigm aim to understand?

    <p>$processing-structure-properties$</p> Signup and view all the answers

    When did materials science begin to be more widely recognized as a specific and distinct field of science and engineering?

    <p>$1940s$</p> Signup and view all the answers

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