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A good use for borosilicate glass (silica and boron trioxide) is for build plates for some types of 3-D printing processes due to its resistance to thermal shock and cycling. 

What is work hardening in a material?

Using Table 6.3 in the lecture slides, what is the ultimate strength of aluminum alloy 2024 after a T4 temper? 

Injection molding cannot be used for processing ceramics

Of the three major types of steel ingots, Killed Steel has the best overall properties.

Epoxy resin is a thermoplastic

Rubies are used in CMM probes because it is the hardest natural material and will not deform and mess up the measurements.

Super Mario (64) is running up a ramp when he came across a scuttlebug leaping towards him along the vector u→=\vec{u}=. However, Mario is still used to his 2D land, so he only sees the projection of this vector onto his perceived wall (remember, he is going up a ramp so the wall isn’t completely vertical from his point of view).  Let’s say his perceived wall is the vector v→=\vec{v}=. Find the projection of u→\vec{u} onto v→\vec{v}, i.e. what Mario would see from where he’s standing.

What is an example of a non-contact measuring instrument?

Natural diamonds and synthetic diamonds have distinct molecular structures.