The material properties

The material properties

The material properties can be classified into three major headings:

(i) Physical,

(ii) Chemical,

 (iii) Mechanical. Physical properties

   Precision CNC machining parts Density or specific gravity, moisture content, etc., can be classified under  this category. Chemical properties

  Precision CNC machining parts Many chemical properties come under this category. These include acidity or alkalinity, reactivity and corrosion. The most important of these is corrosion which can be explained in layman’s terms as the  resistance of the material to decay while in continuous use in a particular atmosphere.

  Precision CNC machining parts Mechanical properties  Mechanical  properties include the strength properties like tensile, compression, shear,  torsion, impact, fatigue and creep. The tensile strength of a material is obtained by dividing the maximum load, which the specimen bears by the area of cross-section of the pecimen. This is a curve  plotted between the stress along the Y-axis(ordinate) and the strain along the X-axis(abscissa) in a tensile test. A material tends to change or changes its dimensions when it is loaded, depending upon the magnitude of the load. When the load is removed it can be seen that the deformation disappear s. For many materials this occurs up to a certain value of the stress called the elastic limit. This is depicted by the straight line relationship and a small deviation thereafter, in the stress-strain curve.