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List and briefly describe some of the plastic forming methods used to shape traditional ceramic products.

What are some of the mechanisms by which the alloying elements other than carbon strengthen steel?

A special ceramic specimen is tested in a bend test. Its width = 0.50 in and thickness = 0.25 in. The length of the specimen between supports = 2.0 in. Determine the transverse rupture strength if failure occurs at a load = 1700 lb

Hyundai is considering opening a plant in two neighboring states.  One state has a corporate tax rate of 10 percent.  If operated in this state, the plant is expected to generate $1,000,000 pretax profit.  The other state has a corporate tax rate of 2 percent.  If operated in this state, the plant is expected to generate $930,000 of pretax profit.  Which state should Hyundai choose?  Why do you think the plant in the state with a lower tax rate would produce a lower before-tax income?

What are the two basic classes of metal powders as far as chemistry is concerned?

George Company manufactures a check-in kiosk with an estimated economic life of 12 years and leases it to National Airlines for a period of 10 years. The normal selling price of the equipment is $278,072, and its unguaranteed residual value at the end of the lease term is estimated to be $20,000. National will pay annual payments of $40,000 at the beginning of each year and all maintenance, insurance, and taxes. George incurred costs of $180,000 in manufacturing the equipment and $4,000 in negotiating and closing the lease. George has determined that the collectibility of the lease payments is reasonably predictable, that no additional costs will be incurred, and that the implicit interest rate is 10%. Instructions (a) Discuss the nature of this lease in relation to the lessor and compute the amount of each of the following items. (1) Lease receivable. (2) Sales price. (3) Cost of sales. (b) Prepare a 10-year lease amortization schedule. (c) Prepare all of the lessor’s journal entries for the first year.

What are adjusting entries and why are they necessary?

What are some of the taxes that currently are unique to state and local governments?  What are some of the taxes that the federal, state, and local governments each utilize?

Rockland Corporation earned net income of $300,000 in 2014 and had 100,000 shares of common stock outstanding throughout the year. Also outstanding all year was $800,000 of 10% bonds, which are convertible into 16,000 shares of common. Rockland’s tax rate is 40%. Compute Rockland’s 2014 diluted earnings per share.

In a certain welding operation to make a fillet weld, the cross-sectional area = 0.025 in2 and the travel speed = 15 in/min. If the heat transfer factor = 0.95 and melting factor = 0.5, and the melting point = 2000°F for the metal to be welded, determine the rate of heat generation required at the heat source to accomplish this weld.

What is a tax bracket?  What is the relationship between filing status and the width of the tax brackets in the tax rate schedule?

What are some of the factors that affect the fluidity of a molten metal during pouring into a mold cavity?

] Rivendell Corporation uses the accrual method of accounting and has the following assets as of the end of 2023. Rivendell converted to an S corporation on January 1, 2024.   Asset Adjusted basis FMV Cash $40,000 $40,000 Accounts receivable 30,000 30,000 Inventory 130,000 60,000 Land 100,000 125,000   Totals $300,000 $255,000   a. What is Rivendell’s net unrealized built-in gain at the time it converted to an S corporation?

An alloy steel Metric 10x1.5 screw (10 mm diameter, pitch p = 1.5 mm) is to be turned into a threaded hole and tightened to one/half of its proof strength. According to Table 32.2, the proof strength = 830 MPa. Determine the maximum torque that should be used if the torque coefficient = 0.18.

A steel sheet metal part has total surface area = 36 in2. How long will it take to deposit a copper plating (assume valence = +1) of thickness = 0.001 in onto the surface if 15 amps of current are applied?

1.    : Many successful entrepreneurs say that they did little planning, perhaps scratching notes on a legal pad. How was it possible for them to do well, even so?

A blanking operation is to be performed on 2.0 mm thick cold-rolled steel (half hard). The part is circular with diameter = 75.0 mm. Determine the appropriate punch and die sizes for this operation

Joy Cunningham Co. purchased a machine on January 1, 2012, for $550,000. At that time, it was estimated that the machine would have a 10-year life and no salvage value. On December 31, 2015, the firm’s accountant found that the entry for depreciation expense had been omitted in 2013. In addition, management has informed the accountant that the company plans to switch to straight-line depreciation, starting with the year 2015. At present, the company uses the sum-of-the-years’-digits method for depreciating equipment. Instructions Prepare the general journal entries that should be made at December 31, 2015, to record these events. (Ignore tax effects.)

Beilman Inc. reports the following pretax income (loss) for both book and tax purposes. (Assume the carryback provision is used where possible for a net operating loss.) Year Pretax Income (Loss) Tax Rate 2012 $120,000 40% 2013 90,000 40% 2014 (280,000) 45% 2015 120,000 45% The tax rates listed were all enacted by the beginning of 2012. Instructions (a) Prepare the journal entries for years 2012–2015 to record income tax expense (benefit) and income taxes payable (refundable), and the tax effects of the loss carryback and loss carryforward, assuming that based on the weight of available evidence, it is more likely than not that one-half of the benefits of the loss carryforward will not be realized. (b) Prepare the income tax section of the 2014 income statement beginning with the line “Operating loss before income taxes.” (c) Prepare the income tax section of the 2015 income statement beginning with the line “Income before income taxes.”

What disclosures are required relative to long-term debt and sinking fund requirements?

Compare how the return of capital principle applies when (1) a taxpayer sells an asset and collects the sale proceeds all immediately and (2) a taxpayer sells an asset and collects the sale proceeds over several periods (an installment sale). If Congress wanted to maximize revenue from installment sales, how would it have applied the return of capital principle for installment sales?

A fillet weld has a cross-sectional area of 25.0 mm2 and is 300 mm long. (a) What quantity of heat (in joules) is required to accomplish the weld, if the metal to be welded is low carbon steel? (b) How much heat must be generated at the welding source, if the heat transfer factor is 0.75 and the melting factor = 0.63?

In MRP, what are common use items?

A dowel pin made of steel (elastic modulus = 209,000 MPa) is to be press fitted into a steel collar. The pin has a nominal diameter of 16.0 mm, and the collar has an outside diameter of 27.0 mm. (a) Compute the radial pressure and the maximum effective stress if the interference between the shaft OD and the collar ID is 0.03 mm. (b) Determine the effect of increasing the outside diameter of the collar to 39.0 mm on the radial pressure and the maximum effective stress.

A sand core used to form the internal surfaces of a steel casting experiences a buoyancy force of 23 kg. The volume of the mold cavity forming the outside surface of the casting = 5000 cm3 . What is the weight of the final casting? Ignore considerations of shrinkage