Middle East Technical University, Dept.

of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering

MetE 206 Materials Laboratory

2021 – 2022 Spring
The first 4 weeks of the class will include lectures covering the scientific methodology and introductory concepts of
statistics. The following seven experiments will be performed in the second part.
Laboratory manuals will be uploaded to Odtu-Class. The laboratory groups are given in the attached sheet.
The details are as follows:

No Experiment/Instructor Assistant(s) Time

Scientific Methodology and Introduction to Statistics
0 Y. Tutel 8:40 – 12:30
Assist. Prof. Dr. Çiğdem Toparlı (E-211)
Tension Test
1 A. Özalp 8:40 – 12:30
Prof.Dr. Rıza Gürbüz (D-206)
Property Control by Heat Treatment
2 O. Demircioğlu 8:40 – 12:30
Prof.Dr. Hakan Gür (C-204)
Microstructure of Materials
3 A. Balta 8:40 – 12:30
Prof.Dr. Arcan Dericioğlu (D-106)
Crystallography and X-Ray Diffraction
4 M. B. Durukan 8:40 – 12:30
Prof.Dr. Amdulla O. Mekhrabov (D-304)
Temperature Measurement
5 B. Süer 8:40 – 12:30
Assist. Prof. Dr. Irmak Sargın (A-201)
Calorimetry
6 O. Yılmaz 8:40 – 12:30
Prof.Dr. İshak Karakaya (E-214)
Charpy Impact Test
7 N.Ö. Darıcıoğlu 8:40 – 12:30
Assist. Prof. Dr. Eda Aydoğan (D-104)

1. Students must be present in the meeting place before each experiment (the places are given above).
2. You are expected to bring your scientific calculator, ruler and graph paper for each experiment (for quizzes and data
recording).
3. Before coming to the laboratory for each experiment, students must read the lab sheets and any other relevant
information to get prepared.
4. Before the experiment, you will be given a short test about the topic of experiment (read the lab manuals in
advance!) (10%).
5. You will conduct the experiments in the laboratory with the help of the instructor and the assistant.
6. After the experiment, you will be given a quiz about the experimental procedure and results (20%).
7. Each student submits a laboratory report within 9 days (23:59 on Sunday at the latest) after conducting the
experiment (30%).
8. You will lose 2 points (out of 30), for every single day of late submission of your reports.
9. Laboratory reports will not be returned after grading.
10. Students are expected to use computers while evaluating the data (when appropriate) and while writing the reports.
Use A4 (21x29.5 cm) papers for reports. Do your best to format your reports professionally.
11. There will be an online midterm test about all of the experiments done on 17 June 2021 Friday at 17:40
(40%).

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12. All the students are expected to attend all the classes and the labs and submit their reports. Students who
miss any lab or class or do not submit any report without an excuse will fail the course.
13. Be aware that academic misconduct will be taken seriously in this class, and grade penalities will result
from violations.

Academic Misconduct:
Academic Misconduct will be taken seriously in this class, and grade penalties will result from violations.
Violations include, but not limited to:
- Attempting to use unauthorized information during an exam;
- Submitting as one’s own work, themes, reports, drawings, notes, computer programs or another products prepared by
another person
- Knowingly assisting another student in obtaining or using unauthorized materials
- Plagiarism
Plagiarism: The unauthorized use or close imitation of language, creative words, and/or thoughts of another author and
the representation of them as one’s own original work, as by not crediting the author.
Academic Honesty:
The METU Honour Code is as follows: "Every member of METU community adopts the following honour code as one of
the core principles of academic life and strives to develop an academic environment where continuous adherence to this
code is promoted. The members of the METU community are reliable, responsible and honourable people who embrace
only the success and recognition they deserve, and act with integrity in their use, evaluation and presentation of facts,
data and documents."
Information for Students with Disabilities:
To obtain disability related academic adjustments and/or auxiliary aids, students with disabilities must contact the
course instructor and the ODTÜ Disability Support Office as soon as possible. If you need any accommodation for this
course because of your disabling condition, please contact me. For detailed information, please visit the website of
Disability Support Office: http://engelsiz.metu.edu.tr/

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FORMAT OF LABORATORY REPORTS
The following is a description of the basic format of the laboratory reports written for this course. The essential components of
each section of the report are itemized. In addition, a short paragraph describing the qualitative aspects of each section is
given.
Title Page (Max 1) No (0) Yes (1)
Start with the names of the institute and the course. Also, include at least the title of the experiment, the dates of experiment
and submission, your name and the names of the members of your group, the name of your teaching assistant and the
laboratory section number.
Abstract (Max 2) None (0) Incomplete (1) Complete (2)
Summarize the whole report. The abstract should be brief and yet cover all major points made in the report: the objective,
procedure, key findings and major conclusions.
Introduction (Max 2) None (0) Incomplete (1) Complete (2)
Describe briefly the nature of the phenomenon that was investigated in the laboratory. This might be based on information
obtained in the lecture, your own reading and experiences from every-day life. Above all, be sure to state clearly the objective
of the investigation.
Experimental (Max 2) None (0) Incomplete (1) Complete (2)
Describe how the investigation was carried out. This should include descriptions of the specific equipment used, the specific
materials (composition, form, processing) that were tested, the critical parameters of each experiment and instances where
special care was taken to ensure success of the experiment. Diagrams of the experimental setup can be useful here.
Results & Discussion (Max 9+8)
Results:
Observations and data: None (0) Incomplete (1) Complete (2)
Calculations: None (0) Major omissions (1) Minor omissions (2) Complete (3)
Graphs: None (0) Major omissions (1) Minor omissions (2) Complete (3)
Quality of results Poor (0) Acceptable (1)
Present the data (not the raw data, the raw data may be included in appendix if necessary) and results of your investigation.
Organize your figures and tables, giving each a number for ease in referring to them and a caption so that each can, to a
limited extent, stand on its own. In the text of this section of this report, you will guide the reader through the data, pointing out
those results that lend credibility to the investigation and those upon which you will base your conclusions. Do statistical
computations and use layout information provided in statistics part.
Discussion:
Support Conclusions: None (0) Major omissions (1) Minor omissions (2) Complete (3)
Answers to Questions: None (0) Major omissions (1) Minor omissions (2) Complete (3)
Explanation of discrepancies: None (0) Incomplete (1) Complete (2)
This is the most important section of the report. This is where you take the results you just presented and give them meaning
in terms of the stated objective of the investigation. You must develop a logical argument as to how the results support your
conclusions. You will have to account for any discrepancies in your results and anticipate, perhaps even consider alternative
explanations.
Conclusions (Max 2) None (0) Incomplete (1) Complete (2)
State your conclusions clearly and succinctly. Avoid continuing the discussion. If your discussion was logical and complete it
will not have to carry over into the conclusion. You may however, wish to comment on the significance of these new findings:
how they might be used, which experiments should be done next, etc.
References (Max 2) None (0) Incomplete (1) Complete (2)
List references used in the report.
Appendices (Max 2) None (0) Incomplete (1) Complete (2)
Include any raw data from the experiments (printouts, photographs, etc.), additional data (from the literature, handbooks, etc.),
derivations or calculations that might help the reader who wishes to see additional details pertaining to the report.

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LABORATORY GROUPS:

Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Group 4 Group 5 Group 6

Elif Acun Mohamed Mahmoud Aly Berat Aydin Ece Bilgin Gulce Eker Ali Fethi Erdem
Nesibe Meryem Agirsoy Baris Aslan Berk Nail Aydin Mehmet Umut Bilgin Huseyin İnan Cihan Elif Eren
Berkay Akbulut Nihan Sena Aslan Zeynep Balci Emine Naz Bozbulut Osman Dikmen Uygar Ersoy
Ecem Nur Aksoy Utku Deniz Atay Beyza Beycan Haluk Ali Camcigil Tuna Dikmen Nihat Kaan Ertan
Ege Aksoy Benan Alatepe Can Bilge Tuna Celik Muhammed Arda Duzgun Ozge İdil Gecimli

Group 7 Group 8 Group 9 Group 10 Group 11 Group 12

Hasan Girgin Ahmet Alperen Gultekin Bilgesu Karabacak Nusret Yigit Koca Mehmet Erdem Oran Elif Oyku Polat
Batuhan Gokce Sadik Gunduz Zeynep Karaca Taha Can Korkmaz Olgu Cagan Ozonuk Kardelen Polat
Sercan Goktas Seerat Hermain Zehra Uygar Karademir Oguzhan Kurt Burak Ozturk Halil Ahmet Sahin
Onur Gor Roni Cem İcen Furkan Karadogan Doga Memioglu Kemal Furkan Ozturk Serdar Sari
Serdar Guler Necla İcoglu Belgit Erin Kis Safiye Ozge Ogut Mustafa Tuna Pamuk Ahmet Ege Senturk

Group 13 Group 14 Group 15 Group 16 Group 17 Group 18

Melis Simsek Niyazi Emre Tipi Irem Topsakal Emre Uzun Ozge Yurdakul Oyku Yurdakul
Ipek Soyal Mert Adil Tokat Emrecan Tosun Baran Yalciner Asmin Zengin Ege Ertepe
Alper Soyer Esin Top Emre Turan Yigit Furkan Yeniay Ata Lacin Tan Ebru Karayel
Taner Goktug Tekin Eren Topcu Egemen Ulucay Kaan Yetis Pinar Yuksel Cem Erhan Erdugan
Eren Tekinay Ali Deniz Topcuoglu Onur Ulusoy

TIME TABLE:

Group1-2 Group3-4 Group5-6 Group7-8 Group9- Group11- Group13- Group15- Group17-

10 12 14 16 18
08.04.22 Exp 1 Exp 2 Exp 3 Exp 4 Exp 5 Exp 6 Exp 7
15.04.22 Exp 2 Exp 3 Exp 4 Exp 5 Exp 6 Exp 7 Exp 1
22.04.22 Exp 3 Exp 4 Exp 5 Exp 6 Exp 7 Exp 1 Exp 2
29.04.21 Exp 4 Exp 5 Exp 6 Exp 7 Exp 1 Exp 2 Exp 3
13.05.22 Exp 5 Exp 6 Exp 7 Exp 1 Exp 2 Exp 3 Exp 4
20.05.22 Exp 5 Exp 6 Exp 7 Exp 1 Exp 2 Exp 3 Exp 4
27.05.22 Exp 6 Exp 7 Exp 1 Exp 2 Exp 3 Exp 4 Exp 5
03.06.22 Exp 7 Exp 1 Exp 2 Exp 3 Exp 4 Exp 5 Exp 6
10.06.22 Exp 1 Exp 2 Exp 3 Exp 4 Exp 5 Exp 6 Exp 7