Designing and Developing a Cooking Spatula        

You have been charged with the task of designing a cooking spatula. This cooking utensil will be marketed towards tertiary students as a good “first” spatula to buy. As a materials engineer, it is your job to select the top three material candidates for the job and provide appropriate justifications.

Requirements to meet:

• Temperature Resistant – should be able to withstand cooking temperatures

• Cost effective/economical

• High flexural strength —should not break when making the world best pancakes.

1. Possible Material Candidates:                                                                                               (3 Marks)

2. Provide   detailed   description   of   the   mechanical   properties             for          the              selected material/combination of materials that will be required to build the project (minimum of 3): 

                                                                                  

   (15 Marks)

3. Provide technical justification of the selection of Material/combination of two materials. The students must provide specific justification that must be related to the following: (250 Words)

   (12 Marks)

• • Basic understanding of the chemical bonding for the selected material to align with the engineering problem

  • Brief description of the atomic arrangement/configuration of the selected material