MSE 210: Microstructural Engineering

Jan 2023 4 Credits

Lecture: 3 h
Lab: 1.5 h

Prafull Pandey
Department of Materials Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar

Lecture 0
FOREWORD: Course Overview
Course contents
 Texts/References

• Merton C Flemings: Solidification Processing, McGraw-Hill Book Company

 Organization of classes
• Classes every Tuesday and Thursday from 10 to 11:20 am (Building-7/101)
• Course adjustment (Add/Drop): Jan 03 – Jan 12, 2024
• Last date from course drop: April 17, 2024
• There will be two exams:
Examination 1: Feb 19- Feb 24, 2024
Examination 2: April 25- May 1, 2024
• Attendance and paying attention is important: I may randomly call upon students to
respond to questions
 Organization of Labs

• Labs every Tuesday from 2:00 to 3:20 pm and ……. (Building-11/209)

• Will be divided in to two groups
• Polishing, Etching and Microstructural characterization (Optical/Electron microscopy) of
Pure Al, 2-Series Al alloy (Al-Cu), Steel and Eutectic alloy
• Prepare the report and submit it to either Sagar (GTF) or me : Deadlines and details will
be announced during the lab session
• Submitting lab report on time is important
 Grading
• Relative
• Lecture (3/4) + Lab (1/4)
• Normal distribution M-3D M+ 3D

68 (%)
A-, B and C

E/F A+
(2.1%) D 95 (%) (2.1%)
A
(13.5%) (13.5%)
Grading

Examination 1 Feb 19- Feb 24, 2024, Syllabus covered 30

Examination 2 April 25- May 1, 2024, Syllabus covered 30

1 Assignment March 23-31, 2023, do not copy from each 10

other
Attendance Attendance and attentiveness in class 5 marks

Lab Submitting lab report on time is important 25 marks

 Why microstructural engineering ?
• Microstructure:
An arrangement of defects in space.
Consists of grains, grain boundaries, phase
boundaries/interfaces and different types of defects.

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