METAL ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING
Assignment 3
1. The ____________of the beam electrons heats the metal powder in EPBF.
a) kinetic energy
b) potential energy
c) Both of these
d) None of these
2. Organic dye lasers and dye lasers use systems in which the lasing medium is a _______ at room
temperature.
a) liquid
b) gas
c) solid
d) None of these
3. Laser Directed Energy Deposition (LDED) with blown powder is known as Laser Powder-Fed (LPF)
a) True
b) False
4. "LASER" stands for:
a) Light Amplified by stimulated Emission of Radiation
b) Light Amplification by Stimulated Emitted of Radiation
c) Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation
d) Light Amplification by Stimulating Emission of Radiation
5. Due to non-uniformity of the electromagnetic lens and the filament's geometry, initially the beam
may be:
a) Circular
b) Elliptical
c) Parabolic
d) Hyperbolic
6. The fundamental principle of an electron beam is:
a) Conversion of kinetic energy into thermal energy
b) Conversion of thermal energy into kinetic energy
c) Stagnation of kinetic energy
d) Stagnation of thermal energy
7. When current flows through a p–n junction, electrons are excited to a valence band state, then
decay to a lower state.
a) True
b) False
8. By adjusting the strength of the current in the opposing pairs of solenoids, the beam can be made
to be more or less ______.
a) elliptic
b) asymmetrical
c) Both of these
d) None of these
9. M-squared is refers to:
a) Beam quality factor
b) Intensity scale factor
c) Radius of laser beam profile
d) None of these
10. In Laser Powder Bed Fusion (LPBF), after the first layer melts, the construction platform
generally moves_______, and a layer of powder is spread.
a) downwards
b) upwards
c) Both upwards and downwards
d) None of these