Teaching Scheme (in Hours)
| Theory |
Tutorial |
Practical |
Total |
| 3 |
0 |
2 |
4 |
Subject Credit : 4
Examination Scheme (in Marks)
Theory
ESE (E)
|
Theory
PA (M)
|
Practical
ESE Viva (V)
|
Practical
PA (I)
|
Total
|
| 70 |
30 |
30 |
20 |
150 |
Syllabus Content
Unit-1: Introduction to Material Science and Metallurgy
Basics of Engineering Materials, their Classifications and Application, Basics of Advance Engineering Materials, Engineering requirements of materials, Properties of engineering materials, Criteria for selection of materials for engineering Applications
Unit-2: Crystal Geometry and Crystal Imperfection
Unit Cell, Crystal structure, Bravise lattice, atomic packing, coordination number, crystal structures of metallic elements, crystal directions and planes, Miller indices, Polymorphism or Allotropy. Crystal structure and correlated properties. diffusion processes; Crystallization: Mechanism of crystallization – nucleation and growth, factors influencing nucleation and growth. Imperfections in crystals and their effect on properties, Solute strengthening
Unit-3: Metallic Materials
Types, properties and applications, Structure of Metals, Fracture, Macro-examination, Spark Test, Sculptures Print, Macro-etching, Microscopic examinations, Magnetic Testing, Chemical analysis of steel and iron for Carbon, Sulphur & Phosphorous
Unit-4: Phase and Phase equilibrium
Unary and Binary equilibrium phase diagrams, Gibb’s free energy for thermodynamic stability of phases, Gibb’s phase rule, solid solutions and compounds, Hume-Rothery rules; cooling curves, lever rule, Different reactions like eutectic, eutectoid, peritectic and peritectoid; Non-equilibrium cooling
Unit-5: Allotropy of Iron, Iron-Iron-Carbide equilibrium system
Phases and their properties of the Iron-Iron Carbide equilibrium diagram, different reactions of the Iron-Iron Carbide equilibrium system, Alloy groups (Wrought Irons, Steels and Cast Irons) of Iron-Iron Carbide equilibrium system and their characteristics in general, Equilibrium cooling of eutectoid,
hypoeutectoid and hypereutectoid steels, their resultant microstructures and hence correlated properties and applications. . IS and ISO Codification, Different specifications and designations of steels
Unit-6: Heat Treatment of Steel
Study of heat treatment processes such as annealing, normalizing, spherodizing, hardening, tempering, carburizing, nitriding, cyaniding, induction hardening, flame hardening and hardenability of steel. Application of above processes to machine components and mechanical equipments such as gears, shaft bearings, turbine blades, crank shafts, pistons etc.
Unit-7: Theory of Alloys
Systems, phases and phase rule, structural constituents, cooling curves, lever-arm principle, eutectic reaction, eutectoid reaction, peritectic reaction, Iron-carbon equilibrium diagram, constituents, microstructures and properties of plain carbon steels
Unit-8: Powder Metallurgy
Applications of powder metallurgy, advantages of powder metallurgy, manufacturing processes, production of powder, compacting, sintering, products of powder metallurgy
Unit-9: Non Destructive Testing
Non Destructive testing of materials such as Radiography Testing, Dye Penetration Testing, Magnetic Particle Testing, Ultrasonic Testing. Eddy current testing with their Principle of non-destructive testing, the test methods, relative merits, demerits and applications
Unit-10: Corrosion of Metal And Alloys
Mechanism of corrosion, types of corrosion, corrosion prevention techniques
Course Outcome
- Understand the basic concept of Material Science and Metallurgy
- Know about the ferrous and non ferrous metals and alloys and their applications
- Understand different non-destructive testing methods
- Find the causes and prevention of metallic corrosion
- Judge the Scope and limitations of different materials
