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Fill in the blank – [2pts] Hot working occurs when the combination of temperature and deformation rate enable _______________ during deformation

What range of strain rates would you use to test for hydrogen embrittlement? [2pts] Explain why [2pts]

Hot working is typically performed over multiple passes, with the temperature of the final pass known as the finishing temperature. How is finishing temperature chosen? [3pts] How is this choice intended to improve final mechanical properties? [2pts]

Which of these methods can be used to investigate whether temper embrittlement occurred in a material?  

Neutron irradiation has been shown to lower DBTT by as much as 200°C

Provide a brief description of dynamic recrystallization (1 sentence) [2pts]

What is ‘flash’ in the context of closed-die forging? [2pts] List three possible functions of flash. [2pts each]

Fill in the blank – [2pts]   During rolling, it is possible for a rolled sheet to be thicker than the gap between the rollers through which the sheet passed. This is known as _________.

C.S. Lewis and other thinkers argued against the rise of postmodernism and deconstruction in the 20th Century which reduces philosophy to irrational forces like race, sexual orientation, economic status, gender, etc..  What does it mean to “deconstruct” somebody when they give a philosophical argument for voting for a particular political candidate? 

Augustine never found joy in chastity.  He never found dignity in continence (refraining from sex), even though he was convinced Jesus revealed the person of God.