Course Code METALLURGY & MATERIAL SCIENCE L T P C

Maximum expected contact hours : 48

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22ME3T4 Prerequisites : Basic Mechanical Engineering
PURPOSE: This course aims at study of fundamentals of crystallography, metallurgy,
heat treatment and mechanical properties of materials
INSTRUCTIONAL COURSE OBJECTIVES
1 To study the concepts of basic structure and crystal arrangement of materials.
2 To study the Phase Diagrams.
To study the basic difference between Cast Irons and Steels, their properties
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and practical applications
To study the advantages of heat treatment and the method of heat treatment
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processes.
To study the properties and applications of widely used non-ferrous metals and
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alloys.
To understand the powder metallurgy processes, the need and application of
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Ceramic and composite materials.
COURSE OUTCOMES
Students are able to Identify the properties of metals with respect to crystal
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structure and grain size.
2 Students are able to Classify, construct and analyze equilibrium diagrams.
Students are able to Classify and Distinguish different types of cast irons, steels
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and their Applications.
Students are able to Describe the concept of heat treatment of steels &
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strengthening mechanisms.
Students are able to Analyze and distinguish various ferrous, non-ferrousmetals
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and alloys.
Students are able to Understand the Principles of Powder Metallurgy and
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manufacturing Methods of different types of Composites.

UNIT – I
Structure of Metals: Bonds in Solids-Metallic Bond, crystallization of metals, Grain and
grain boundaries, effect of grain boundaries on the Properties of metal / alloys-determination
of grain size. Crystal Imperfections– point, line, surface and volume- Slip and Twinning

Constitution of alloys: Necessity of alloying, types of solid solutions, Hume

Ruther’s rules, intermediate alloy phases, and electron compounds

UNIT –II
Equilibrium Diagrams: Construction of Phase/equilibrium diagrams, phase rule,
equilibrium cooling and heating of alloys, Binary Phase diagrams, Lever rule, coring,
miscibility gaps.
Transformations in the solid state – allotropy, eutectoid, peritectoid reactions, Study of
equilibrium diagrams such as Cu-Ni and Fe-Fe3C (Iron- Carbon equilibrium diagram).

UNIT – III
Ferrous Metals and Alloys:
Cast Irons-Structure and properties of White Cast iron, Malleable Cast iron, grey cast iron,
Spheroidal graphite cast iron, Alloy cast irons.
Steels: Classification of steels, structure and properties of plain carbon steels, Low alloy
steels, Hadfield manganese steels, tool and die steels.

Non-Ferrous Metals and Alloys: Structure and properties of Copper and its alloys,
Aluminum and its alloys, Titanium and its alloys.
UNIT – IV
Heat treatment of Alloys: Effect of alloying elements on Fe-Fe3C system, Annealing,
normalizing, hardening, TTT diagrams, tempering, hardenability, surface - hardening
methods, Age hardening treatment, Cryogenic treatment of alloys.

UNIT – V
Powder Metallurgy: Basic processes- Methods of producing metal powders, Compacting-
methods – Sintering - Methods. Sintering Secondary Operations-Sizing, coining, machining
Characteristics and Application of powder Metallurgy.

Composite materials: Classification of composites, various methods of component

manufacture of composites, Types of Composites - metal ceramic mixtures, Metal – Matrix
composites and C – C composites and applications.

TEXT BOOKS:
1. Introduction to Physical Metallurgy - Sidney H. Evener -McGraw-Hill
2. Essential of Materials science and engineering - Donald Rask eland -Cengage.

REFERENCES:

1. Material Science and Metallurgy – Dr. V.D. Kodgire- Everest Publishing House
2. Materials Science and engineering – Callister & Bala subrahmanyam- Wiley Publications
3. Material Science for Engineering students – Fischer – Elsevier Publishers
4. Material science and Engineering - V. Rahghavan -PHI Publishers
5. Material Science and Metallurgy – A V K Surya Narayana – B S Publications
6. Material Science and Metallurgy – U. C. Jindal – Pearson Publications