MAT-Q The materials quiz by Society of surface protective coating chapter , UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND ENERGY STUDIES - UPES DEHRADUN

1. MatQ-The Materials Quiz
Finals

2. Round 1
Infinite Bounce (+10)
Limited Pounce (5)
+20/-10

3. Qn.1
• During the first half 20th century, the
temperature above which typical high grade
steel changed to ductile, tearing failure mode
from the brittle mode was 50 degrees Fahrenheit.
Not until 1963, over 50 years after the X Incident,
was the first authoritative documentation
published by two researchers from the U. S. Naval
Research Laboratory providing a comprehensive,
quantitative analysis describing the phenomenon
of ductile to brittle crack propagation in steel.

4. Ans
• Sinking of the Titanic

5. Qn.2
• Bette Nessmith Graham worked as a typist in
a bank during the 1950’s .
• She was subject to making a number of typing
errors , which she had to correct by over
typing which dint look good .
• Starting on a basis of tempera paint she
mixed with a common kitchen blender, she
came up with an invention .
• What did she invent

6. Ans
• Correction Fluid /Liquid paper

7. Qn.3
• Put Fundae !

8. Ans
• This is the first attempt at moving atoms by man using
an STM
• Donald Eigler , a researcher with IBM , was studying
the effects of Xenon on metal structures , using an
STM , he recorded the proceedings of his experiment
• Whilst fast forwarding the recording , he had noticed
that some of the atoms had shifted place , because of
the tunneling current of the STM
• To confirm that this wasn’t a co incidence , the next
day he inscribed IBM using 35 xenon atoms , and hence
MAN WALKED ON THE ATOM

9. Qn.4
• X’s were historically made of sheep gut or
intestine , but their effectiveness was limited due
to permeability.
• Modern X’s are made of polyurethane ,
polyisoprene , AT-resin , all of which have very
good bio compliance , and reduced permeability
• ISO and European standards state that finished Xs
Should have Tensile strengths upwards of 30MPa
, and should be able to expand upto 800% before
tearing or failure occurs
• What am I talking about ?

10. Ans
• Condoms
• Sry no images 

11. Qn.5 MEMS- Where would you find
these nano assembled structures ?

12. Ans
• The Apple I-Phone
Video

13. Qn.6 High temperature reusable
surface insulation – Reason for which Disaster ?

14. Ans
• Space shuttle Columbia Disaster

15. Qn.7
• Colonel John Pemberton was wounded
in the American Civil War, became
addicted to morphine, and began a
quest to find a substitute for the
dangerous opiate .
• The prototype X recipe was formulated
at Pemberton's Eagle Drug and
Chemical House, a drugstore
in Columbus, Georgia, originally as
a coca wine in 1885
• It was initially sold as a
medicine Pemberton claimed X cured
many diseases, including morphine
addiction, dyspepsia, neurasthenia,
headache, and impotence .
• X please!

16. Ans : Coca-Cola

17. Qn.8 video
• Transformium is an inspired form of X .
• X effect was first noted in 1937 and later
popularised by the invention of Nitinol by the US
Naval Ordnance laboratories .
• X materials are currently used in the aerospace
industry , for making shape changing wings and
chevrons , bio applications include temperature
induced stents .
• What phenomenon am I talking about ?

18. Ans: shape memory alloys

19. Round 2
Infinite Bounce (+10)
Limited Pounce (5)
+20/-10
Anti clockwise

20. Qn.9
• X element was extremely costly in the 1800s , so much so
that it costed more than GOLD and Silver , the French
emperor had utensils made of X specially for royalty .
• The Washington monument was supposed to have an
obelisk made up of X , but considering High costs , the idea
was dropped .
• In 1885 Charles Martin Hall & Paul Heroult deviced a
method to easily extract X , by dissolved electrolysis.
• Hall further setup the “X Company of America” , which is
called as Y Nowadays, and is the largest producer of X.
• X & Y please .

21. Ans
• X –
• Y -

22. Qn.10
• Mission / what is it made up of ?
Video

23. Qn.10
• On Earth, plants remove carbon dioxide through
the process of photosynthesis.
• However, in a spacecraft, carbon dioxide must be
removed from the cabin air through chemical
processes. with canisters that contain powdered
lithium hydroxide. When air containing carbon
dioxide (CO2) gets passed through the canister, it
combines with the lithium hydroxide (LiOH) to
form lithium carbonate (Li2CO3) and water (H2O).
• CO2 (g) + 2LiOH (s) -> Li2CO3 (s) + 3 H2O (l)

24. Ans

25. Qn.11
• Armalcolite is a titanium-rich mineral with
the chemical formula (Mg,Fe2+)Ti2O5. It was
first found at Tranquility Base on July 20TH
1969 .
• armalcolite is named after the three people
associated with the discovery of the mineral
• WHERE Was this mineral found , and who
were the three people ?

26. Ans
• Moon
• Neil Armstrong , Buzz Aldrin , Jim Collins

27. Qn.12 HABAKUK
• Project Habakkuk was a plan by the british during 2ND
World war to construct Aircraft carriers using PYKRETE
.
• PYKRETE was planned to be used as an alternative to
steel which was in short availability those days .
• PYKRETE had the ability to bear almost the same
stresses and loads, at a cheaper cost .
• Pykrete could be machined like wood and cast into
shapes like metal, and when immersed in water
formed an insulating shell of wet wood pulp on its
surface that protected its interior from further melting
• What was pykrete made up of ?

28. Qn.12

29. Ans : Pykrete
• Wood + ICE

30. Qn.14

31. Qn.15
• Connect !

32. Ans:
• ERIC Drexler’s Utility fog
• Richard feynman’s self replicating robots that
will help materialise anything into the air

33. Qn.16 Fundae?

34. Ans :
• Nano particle used in Stain Glass objects

35. Round -3
Theme –Round

36. T1
• X catalyst, named after Karl and Giulio , is
a catalyst used in the synthesis of polymers of 1-
alkenes (α-olefins). Two broad classes of X
catalysts are employed, distinguished by their
solubility .
• They are Titanium / Vanadium Based catalysts
that speed up the polymerisation reaction and
eliminate the requirement of high pressures
• Nearly all the polyethylene products apply this
method of synthesis

37. T2 what was first generated in 1985
and named based on these two
images

38. T3
• A X is an instrument for imaging surfaces at the
atomic level.
• The STM is based on the concept of quantum
tunneling. When a conducting tip is brought very
near to the surface to be examined,
a bias (voltage difference) applied between the
two can allow electrons to tunnel through the
vacuum between them. The resulting current is a
function of tip position, applied voltage, and
the local density of states (LDOS) of the sample
• What Instrument is this ?

39. T4 What was discovered as a result of
these ?

40. Round -3
Theme –Round
Answers

41. T1
• X catalyst, named after Karl and Giulio , is
a catalyst used in the synthesis of polymers of 1-
alkenes (α-olefins). Two broad classes of X
catalysts are employed, distinguished by their
solubility .
• They are Titanium / Vanadium Based catalysts
that speed up the polymerisation reaction and
eliminate the requirement of high pressures
• Nearly all the polyethylene products apply this
method of synthesis

42. Ans
• Zeigler-Natta Catalyst -1963

43. T2 what was first generated in 1985
and named based on these two
images

44. Ans
• Buckminister Fullerenes -1985/1996

45. T3
• A X is an instrument for imaging surfaces at the
atomic level.
• The STM is based on the concept of quantum
tunneling. When a conducting tip is brought very
near to the surface to be examined,
a bias (voltage difference) applied between the
two can allow electrons to tunnel through the
vacuum between them. The resulting current is a
function of tip position, applied voltage, and
the local density of states (LDOS) of the sample
• What Instrument is this ?

46. Ans : Scanning Tunnelling Microscope -
1981/1985

47. T4 What was discovered as a result of
these ?

48. Ans : Graphene 2004/2010

49. THEME ???

50. Nobel PRIZE Winning materials
• Zeigler-natta catalyst- NP In
chemistry 1963
• C-60 buckminster fullers – NP in
chemistry1995
• Scanning Tunnelling Microscope
– NP in Physics 1983
• Graphene – NP in Physics 2010
List is exhaustive

51. Round -4
SVC
Scoring on individual slides

52. +40/-35
• Inventor of the
Cyclotron

53. +35/-30
• Known for discovering
radium

54. +30/-25
• Prime scientist in the
US Manhattan
Project

55. +25/-20
KNOWN FOR GIVING THE ATOMIC
MODEL

56. +20/-15
• Discovered Proton

57. +15/-10
• Defined the
arrangement of
planets in the solar
system

58. +10
• Proposed the theory
of relativity

59. Svc-answers
• List of elements named after Scientists

60. +40/-35
• Inventor of the
Cyclotron

61. +35/-30
• Known for discovering
radium

62. +30/-25
• Prime scientist in the
US Manhattan
Project

63. +25/-20
KNOWN FOR GIVING THE ATOMIC
MODEL

64. +20/-15
• Discovered Proton

65. +15/-10
• Defined the
arrangement of
planets in the solar
system

66. +10
• Proposed the theory
of relativity

67. Tie Breakers

68. Tie BRK +2/-1

69. • VULCANIZATION