Unit 1
Atomic Structure of Metals: Crystal structure, crystal lattice of (i) Body centred cubic (ii) Face centred cubic (iii) Closed packed hexagonal, crystallographic, notation of atomic planes and directions (Miller Indices),
polymorphism and allotropy, crystal imperfection.
Unit 2
Theories of Plastic Deformation: Phenomenon of slip, twinning and dislocation, identification of crystallographic possible slip planes and direction in FCC, BCC, HCP, recovery and recrystallization, preferred
orientation causes and effects on the property of metals.
Unit 3
Classification of Engineering Materials: Solidification of metals and of some typical alloys, mechanism of crystallization (I) nuclear formation (ii) crystal growth, general principles of phase transformation in alloys, phase rule and equilibrium diagrams, equilibrium diagram of binary system having complete mutual solubility in liquid state and limited solubility in solid state, binary isomorphous alloy system, Hume-Rothery rule, binary system with limited solid solubility of terminal phase and in which solubility decreases with temperature and also alloy with a peritectic transformation, equilibrium diagram of a system whose components are subject to
allotropic change, Iron carbon equilibrium diagram, phase transformation in the iron carbon diagram (I) Formation of Austenite (ii) Transformation of Austenite into pearlite (iii) Martensite transformation in steel, TTT curves.
Unit 4
Engineering Properties and their Measurements: Principles and applications of annealing, normalising,
hardening, tempering. recovery and recrystallization, hardenability and its measures, variables, effecting
hardenability, methods for determination of hardenability, Over-heated and Burnt steel, its causes and
remedies, Temper brittleness -its causes and remedies, Basic principles involved in heat treatment of plain
carbon steel, alloy steels, cast iron and Non-ferrous metals and their alloys, Chemical Heat treatment of steels,
Physical principles involved in chemical heat treatment procedure for carburizing, nitriding, cyaniding, carbonitriding
of steel.
Unit 5
Effects produced by Alloying element on the structures and properties of steel Distribution of alloying elements
(Si, Mn, Ni, Cr, Mo, Co, W, Ti, Al) in steel, structural classes of steel, classification of steels, BIS Standards,
fibre reinforced plastic composites, various fibres and matrix materials, basic composite manufacturing
methods, applications of composite materials.
Suggested Readings:
1. An Introduction to Material Scince and Engineering, William D.Callister, John Wiley and Sons.
2. Material Science, Raghvan V., Prentice Hall India.
3. Principles of Material Science and Engineering, William F.Smith, McGraw-Hill Publications.
4. Engineering Physical Metallurgy, Lakhtin Y., Mir Publisher.
5. Heat Treatment - Principles and Techniques, Rajan T.V., Sharma and Sharma, Prentice Hall of India.
6. The Structure, Properties and Heat treatment of Metals, Davies D.J. and Oelmann L.A., Pitman Books,London.