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Apply chemistry principles to materials used in manufacturing and engineering processes

Apply chemistry principles to materials used in manufacturing and engineering processes

Unit of competency
National Code
MEM48033
State Code
OFD79
TGA Status
Current
DTWD Status
Approved
Current Release Number
1.00
Current Release Date
03/02/2023
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State Implementation and Classification
Approved Date
24/05/2023
Field of Education
030305 - Materials Engineering
Original Release Date
24/05/2023
Nominal Hours
70
Description
This unit of competency defines the chemistry skills and knowledge required to support manufacturing and engineering processes including materials selection, monitoring of materials forming and processing, and materials recycling. The unit applies to technicians working in a range of industrial environments.No licensing, legislative or certification requirements apply to this unit at the time of publication.
Notes
Elements and Performance Criteria
1. Identify chemical characteristics of materials used in a design or manufacturing process
  • 1.1 Classify materials used in a design or manufacturing process into elements, organic and inorganic compounds, and mixtures
  • 1.2 Use chemical formulae to describe design or manufacturing process into elements and compounds
  • 1.3 Identify the design and manufacturing materials’ atomic structure including sub-atomic particles, charge, atomic number, mass number, and valency
  • 1.4 Use the periodic table of elements to determine the properties of elements used in the design or manufacturing process from the periodic table of elements
2. Review bonding structure of design or manufacturing process materials
  • 2.1 Categorise design or manufacturing process materials as metals, polymers, composites and ceramics solids from their structure and properties
  • 2.2 Relate the physical properties of any design or manufacturing process crystalline and non-crystalline solids materials to the nature of the forces between particles
  • 2.3 Describe any composites in the design or manufacturing process types in terms of component materials and adhesion and setting processes
  • 2.4 Describe basic bonding processes for ceramics and glasses in the design or manufacturing process and relate to structure
3. Determine the reactivity of metals and non-metals in the design or manufacturing process
  • 3.1 Identify the activity of design and manufacturing process materials’ elements and other key properties in terms of their position on the Periodic Table
  • 3.2 Use first ionisation energy to determine the relative reactivity of metals in a design or manufacturing process
4. Identify the key chemical properties of acids and bases relevant to the in the design or manufacturing process
  • 4.1 Identify acids and bases relevant to the manufacturing process including relevant salts which form acidic, basic or neutral solutions
  • 4.2 Identify the pH of relevant acids and bases and classify as either a strong or weak acid or base
5. Analyse chemical reactions relevant to the design or manufacturing process
  • 5.1 Prepare appropriate balanced chemical equations to describe reactions relevant to the design or manufacturing process using acid-base and electron transfer principles
  • 5.2 Determine the heat of reaction in relevant chemical reactions
  • 5.3 Identify the factors affecting reaction rate in the relevant chemical reactions including concentration, surface area, pressure, temperature and catalysis
  • 5.4 Use the stoichiometry of the reactions to determine the amounts of reactants consumed and products made
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