“Essentials of Materials for Science and Engineering” by Donald R.

Askeland”
“Materials Science & Engineering- An Introduction” by William D. Callister Jr “
Material Science and Metallurgy by O P Khanna”
 Course Learning Objectives
 Describe crystallography and distinguish basic imperfections in crystal
structure.
 Analyze the mechanism of solidification and phase formation & transformation
in metals.
 Interpret the Iron and carbon system and describe the phases formed in plain
carbon steels and cast iron under equilibrium and non-equilibrium conditions
 Describe the behavior of metals under applied thermal and mechanical loads.
 Describe the effect of chemical composition/constituents on microstructure,
mechanical properties of steel, cast iron, aluminum alloys, copper alloys and
composites

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 Course Outcomes
1. Describe basic crystal structures and techniques of its determination. Categorize various
defects/ imperfections in materials and discuss its influence on material properties

2. Analyze the mechanism of solidification, phase formation and transformation using a cooling
curve. Describe phase nucleation, crystal growth and development of microstructure during
solidification. Formulate binary phase diagram from fundamentals of cooling curves.
3. Identify different phases in Iron carbon diagram for steels and cast-iron from given iron carbon
phase diagram. Apply the principle of TTT/CCT to describe the effect of various heat treatment
on microstructure and mechanical properties.

4. Describe the effects engineering loading conditions have on the mechanical behavior of
metals and apply it to identify the types of failures occurring in metals due to uniaxial stress,
fatigue and creep.

5. Categorize the influence of chemical composition on the properties of common metals and
describe the applications of various ferrous, non-ferrous and composite materials

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 Course Contents
UNIT I
Chapter 1: Introduction, Classification of engineering materials, Structure of crystalline
solids, Fundamental concepts of unit cell, X- ray diffraction technique for determination of
crystal structures,
 Crystal imperfections-point, line, surface & volume defects.
 Diffusion, Diffusion Mechanisms, Fick’s laws of diffusion. 7 Hours
Chapter 2: Fundamentals of solidification, nucleation and its types, crystal growth, cast
structure. Solid solutions, Types, 3 Hours
Self Study: Rules governing the formation of solids solutions.
Chapter 3: Phase diagrams: Basic terms, phase rule, cooling curves, construction of phase
diagrams, interpretation of equilibrium diagrams, Types of phase diagrams.
 Lever rule, Problems on Phase diagrams. 5 Hours

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Why to study MSM

 Ages named after Stone,

Bronze, iron…….silicon…etc.,
 Human life closely associated
with matter/ material
 Quest for more and more
variety of “things” lead to
stone…iron…silicon………!

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