Metallurgy and Materials PE Exam Solved Problems
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Metallurgy and Materials PE Exam Solved Problems (MLSP) offers comprehensive practice for the NCEES Metallurgy and Materials PE exam. This book is designed to help you pass the Metallurgy and Materials PE exam the first time.
Metallurgy and Materials PE Exam Solved Problems (MLSP) features include:
- 160 exam-relevant problems, grouped by four exam topics (Structure, Properties, Processing and Performance)
- Contains exactly twice the number of problems on each topic as does the exam
- Each chapter will be split into two sections, one for problems, the other for solutions
- Each problem section begins with short introductory paragraph
- All problems will be multiple choice
Exam Topics Covered
- Structure
- Crystal structure of metals, ceramics, polymers
- Diffusion
- Fractography
- Metallography
- Phase diagrams
- Properties
- Chemical analysis techniques
- Metallic and nonmetallic coatings
- Thermal stability, creep, stress rupture
- Low temperature and cryogenic behavior
- Composite materials
- Mechanical testing
- Processing
- Elastic/plastic deformation
- Casting
- Coating applications
- Cold work and annealing
- Heat transfer
- Heat treatments
- Brazing, soldering, welding
- Phase transformations, strengthening mechanisms for metals
- Powder processing
- Ceramic toughening
- Polymer toughening
- Performance
- Corrosion mechanics
- Compatibility
- Corrosion/aging tests
- Environmentally assisted cracking
- Failure analysis
- Fatigue analysis
- Life prediction
- Oxidation, creep
- Fracture mechanics
- Non-destructive testing
- Statistics
- States of Stress
- Wear mechanisms
FAQs
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