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202044 - Engineering Materials and Metallurgy

Credits 04

Unit I Crystal Structures and Deformation of Materials 
Crystal Structures: Study of Crystal structures BCC, FCC, HCP and lattice parameters &
properties, Miller indices, Crystal imperfections, and Diffusion Mechanisms
Material Properties: Mechanical (Impact, hardness, etc.), Electrical, optical and Magnetic
properties
Deformation of Materials: Elastic deformation, Plastic deformation: slip, twinning, work
hardening, baushinger effect, recovery, re-crystallization and grain growth, Fracture: Types of
fractures (brittle, ductile), Creep & Fatigue failures

Unit II Material Testing and Characterization Techniques
Destructive Testing: Impact test, Cupping test and Hardness test
Non-Destructive Testing: Eddy current test, Sonic & Ultrasonic testing, X-ray Radiography testing
(Principle and Applications only)
Microscopic Techniques: Sample Preparation and etching procedure, optical microscopy, Electronic
microscopy - only SEM, TEM and X-ray diffraction (Principle and Applications only)
Macroscopy: Sulphur printing, flow line observation, spark test

Unit III Phase Diagrams and Iron-Carbon Diagram 
Solid solutions: Introduction, Types, Humerothery rule for substitutional solid solutions
Solidification: Nucleation & crystal growth, solidification of pure metals, solidification of alloys.
Phase Diagrams: Cooling curves, types of phase diagrams, Gibbs phase rules
Iron-Carbon Diagram: Iron-carbon equilibrium diagrams in detail with emphasis in the invariant
reactions

Unit IV Heat Treatments 
Austenite transformation in steel: Time temperature transformation diagrams, continuous cooling
transformation diagrams. Retained austenite and its effect
Steps in Heat treatment and Cooling Medium
Heat Treatment Processes: Introduction, Annealing (Full annealing, Process annealing, Spheroidise
annealing, isothermal annealing, stress relief annealing), Normalising, Hardening, Tempering,
Austempering, Martempering, Sub-Zero Treatment, Hardenability
Surface Hardening: Classification, Flame hardening, Induction hardening, Carburising, Nitriding,
Carbonitriding

Unit V Ferrous Materials
Carbon Steel: Classification, types & their composition, properties and Industrial application
Alloy Steels: Classification of alloy steels & Effect of alloying elements, examples of alloy steels,
(Stainless steel, Tool steel) sensitization of stainless steel
Designation of carbon steel and alloy steels as per IS, AISI, SAE Standards
Cast Iron: Classification, types & their composition, properties and Industrial application of (White
CI, Gray CI, SG CI, Malleable Cast and alloy Cast Iron)
Microstructure and property relationship of various ferrous Materials

Unit VI Non-Ferrous Materials 
Classification of Non-Ferrous Metals: Study of Non-ferrous alloys with Designation, Composition,
Microstructure
Mechanical & other properties for Industrial Applications: Copper and its Alloys (Gilding Metal,
Cartridge Brass, Muntz Metal, Tin Bronze, Beryllium Bronze), Aluminium and its Alloy (LM5,
Duralumin, Y-Alloy, Hinduminum), Nickel and its Alloys (Invar, Inconel), Titanium and its Alloys
(α Alloys, α-β Alloys), Cobalt and its Alloys (Stellite Alloys, Alnico), Bearing Alloys
(Classification, lead based alloys, tin based alloys), Age Hardening
Microstructure and Property relationship of various Non-ferrous Materials
Recent Material used in Additive Manufacturing: Properties, Composition and Application only

Books & Other Resources

Text Books
1. Dr. V. D. Kodgire & S. V. Kodgire, “Material Science & Metallurgy For Engineers”, Everest
Publication.
2. William D. Callister, “Materials Science and Engineering an Introduction”, Jr, John Wiley &
Sons, Inc.
Reference Books
1. A. K. Bhargava, C.P. Sharma, “Mechanical Behaviour & Testing of Materials”, P H I Learning
Private Ltd.
2. Raghvan V., “Material Science & Engineering”,Prentice Hall of India, New Delhi. 2003
3. Avner, S.H., “Introduction to Physical Metallurgy”, Tata McGraw-Hill, 1997.
4. Higgins R. A., “Engineering Metallurgy”, Viva books Pvt. Ltd.
5. George Ellwood Dieter, “Mechanical Metallurgy”, McGraw-Hill 1988
6. Smith, W.F, Hashemi, J., and Prakash, R., “Materials Science and Engineering in SI Units”, Tata
McGraw Hill Education Pvt. Ltd.