Department of Mechanical Engineering

ME 6403 Engineering Materials and

Metallurgy
Regulation 2013
Question Bank
UNIT
I
ALLOYS
AND
PHASE
DIAGRAMS
Constitution of alloys Solid solutions,
substitutional and interstitial phase diagrams,
Isomorphous, eutectic, eutectoid, peritectic, and
peritectoid reactions, Iron carbon equilibrium
diagram. Classification of steel and cast Iron
microstructure, properties and application
Unit-1- Constitution of Alloys and Phase
Diagrams
Part-A
1. When will interstitial solid solution occur?

ii) Polymorphism
2.Explain Hume-Rothery rules of solid solubiity
DEC (2010)
3.what is solid solution ? explain the hume rothery
rules goverining substitutional solid solution .Draw
isomorphous phase diagram.

Dec. 2012
4.a) Explain equilibrium cooling of a solid solution
alloy and showing the microstructureat various
points during solidificatIon.
(b) Describe with the aid of a diagram the
substitutional and interstitial solid solution
Isomorphous, eutectic, eutectoid, peritectic
May 2013, May 2012,Dec. 2013, Dec. 2011, May
2011.
5. Explain with a phase diagram of
May (2010),
(a) eutectic reaction(Partially soluble type).
2. What is isomorphous? May (2010),
(b)Eutectoid ,(c)peritectic reaction.
3. How is plain carbon steels classified? Define an
Classification of steel and cast Iron
alloy? DEC (2010)
Dec. 2009
6. Explain the various micro constituents resents in
4. Classify the alloys. DEC (2010)
steel
5. What are solid solutions? Dec. 2011
7. With a neat sketch, label the reactions of iron
6. Differentiate substitutional and interstitial solid
carbon diaogram
solutions with examples. Dec. 2011
8. Draw the iron carbn diagram and explain in brief.
7. What are intermediate phases?
8. Define the term phase.
May 2010
9. Draw Iron-carbon equilibrium diagram and label
9. What is an equilibrium phase diagram?
all the phases. Also enumerate the
10. Define eutectic reactions?
properties of the following phase. i) Ferrite ii)
11. Define peritectic reactions? May 2012
Austenite iii) Cementite
12. Define eutectoid reactions? May 2012
13. Define peritectoid reactions?
Dec. 2010
10. Draw Fe-Fe3C phase diagram and label all the
14. Distinguish eutectic and eutectoid
phases. Discuss the structural
transformations. May 2013
transformation while cooling from liquid to solid.
15. Distinguish peritectic and peritectoid
11.What is allotropy ? with neat sketch explain the
transformations. May 2013
allotropic forms of iron.
16. What are the uses of grey cast iron?
12. Fe3C phase diagram and label all the phases
17. What are chilled cast irons? May 2014
18. Why nodular cast iron is called ductile cast
13 Indicate the different invariant reactions in Feiron? May 2014
Fe3 -C phase diagram and draw and
label all the phases.
19. What are the advantages of alloy steels over
May 2014
plain carbon steels?
14.With the help of the Fe-C equilibrium diagram
20. What is the effect of additions of chromium on
describe completely the changes that
0.5%
the characteristics of steel?
carbon steel from liquid state.
Part-B
UNIT-1
PART-B
Constitution of alloys Solid solutions
May (2010), May 2013, May (2010) Dec. 2012
1.Define the following terms
:
1) Solid solution (types)

UNIT II HEAT TREATMENT

Definition Full annealing, stress relief,
recrystallisation and spheroidising normalising,
hardening and Tempering of steel. Isothermal
transformation diagrams cooling curves
superimposed on I.Tdiagram CCR
Hardenability, Jominy end quench test Austempering, martempering case hardening,
carburizing, Nitriding, cyaniding, carbonitriding
Flame and Induction hardening Vacuum and
Plasma hardening
Unit-II HEAT TREATMENT
Part-A
1. Name various methods of heat treatment of
steel. May (2010),
2. When the annealing process is preferred? May

(2010),
3. Define full annealing. DEC (2010)
4. Define heat treatment. DEC (2010)
5. What is martensite and for eutectoid steel in
what temperature range it is generally formed?

Dec. 2011
6. What is the purpose of spheroidising annealing?

Dec. 2011
7. Define normalizing.
8. What is the purpose of normalizing?
9. What are the factors affecting the hardening
process?
10. What is austempering process and what is the
microstructure produced after austempering?
11. What is martempering process and what is the
purpose of this treatment? May 2012
12. Distinguish between hardness and
hardenability. May 2012
13. Define carburizing.
14. What are the three methods of carburizing
commonly employed? May 2013
15. What is the purpose of flame hardening and
induction hardening of steel? May 2013
16. Name the four different methods used for
flame hardening.
17. what steels are commonly used for nitriding?

May 2014
18. What is the process of nitriding? May 2014
19. Define cyaniding.
20. What is the process of carbonitriding?

Unit-II
PART-B
Full annealing,
May 2012, May2013,May 2014
1. What is annealing? Discuss in details on
different types of annealing and corn pare
with normalizing.
2. What is tempering? Discuss the structural
transformation during tempering.
3. Distinguish between hardness and
hardenabiity? Describe the Jominy End Test in
details for determination of hardenabiity.
Isothermal transformation diagrams
Dec 2012
4. Explain the various step followed to determine
an isothermal-transformation diagrame and
draw I.T diagrame for eutectoid steel.
5. Explain the following forms :1) Tempering
2)Austempering 3) Martempering.
May2013,May 2014
6. Distinguish between annealing and
normalizing? Discuss different types Of
annealing processes and Normalizing
processes.
Dec 2013
7. Explain the I. T. diagram for a eutectoid IronCarbon alloy with superimposed coolingcurves.
Austempering, martempering
Dec. 2009
8. Explain in detail the following process i)
flame hardening ii)induction hardening
May 2010, Dec 2011
9. What is case hardening ? Explain the
following processes
i) Carburizing ii) Nitriding iii) cyaniding iv)
carbonitriding
Dec. 2010, May 2011
10. What is case hardening ? Discuss nitriding
process and its importance for industrial
applications. Differentiate surface chemical
treatment and surface thermal treatment.
11. Explain with the help sketch the procedure
involved in gas carburizing process and
changes taking place in physical properties.

UNIT III FERROUS AND NONFERROUS METALS

Effect of alloying additions on steel- and
stabilisers stainless and tool steels HSLA,
Maraging steels Cast Iron - Grey, white,
malleable, spheroidal alloy cast irons, Copper
and copper alloys Brass, Bronze and
Cupronickel Aluminium and Al-Cu
precipitation strengthening treatment Bearing
alloys, Mg-alloys, Ni-based super alloys and
Titanium alloys.
Unit-III Ferrous and Non Ferrous Metals
Part-A
1. What is the effect of chromium alloying
element on the properties of steel? May (2010),
2. What is cast iron? May (2010),
3. What is HSLA? DEC (2010)
4. What are advantages of alloy steels over plain
carbon steels? DEC (2010)
5. Discuss the general effects of alloying elements
in steel. Dec. 2011
6. Specify the effect of nickel on the properties of
steel. Dec. 2011
7. What advantages are derived by using a
combination of nickel and chromium in steel?
8. What are the principal alloying elements in
triple alloy steel?
9. How is silicon useful as an alloying element in
steel?
10. For what purpose is tungsten used in steel?
11. What are stainless steels? Why are these steels
stainless? May 2012
12. What type of stainless steels is referred to as
ferritic stainless steels? May 2012
13. What are tool steels? Classify them.
14. List the bearing materials that are commonly
used? May 2013
15. What is meant by precipitation hardening?

May 2013
16. What is duralumin?
17. Give composition and applications of
duralumin? May 2014
18. List at least four types of brasses used. May

2014
19. List some bronze alloys.
20. How can you classify tool steels?
PART-B
Effect of alloying additions on steel
MAY 2010

1. Write down the composition and application of

the following metal
i) Stainless steel
ii) Toolsteel
2. State the effects of the following alloying
elements in steel.
I) Chromium
II) Molybdenum
MAY 2010,Dec 2013,
3. Discuss the composition, properties and
applications of the following cast iron.
i)Malleable cast iron ii) Spheroidal cast iron. iii)
grey cast iron. Iv) plain carbon steel.
Cast Iron
Dec. 2010, May 2011
4. Classify the ferrous materials with respect to
alloying elements, microstructure and Properties
and write the effect of alloying additions in steels.
5. Give the typical composition, properties and
engineering applications of following
a) Mild steel
b) Medium carbon steel
c) High carbon steel
d) Grey cast iron
e) tool steel
6. What is the effect of following alloying elements
on the properties of steel chromium,
silicon, manganese, molybdenum, tungsten,
vanadium.
May 2011 May 2014
7. (a)What are marging steels? How the are
manufactured?
(b)What are their composition, properties,
application?
i) marging steel
ii) austenitic stainless steel
iii) ferrite stainless steel
8. What are the effects of Si, Ni, Mn and Cr in steel
and also in Fe-C diagram?discuss the
classification, microstructure properties and
application of steel
Aluminium and Al-Cu
DEC 2011 May 2012, May 2013
9. Write short notes on (composition, properties,
application)
i) Maraging steel(strengthening method)
ii) Stainless steel
iii) Springs steel
iv) High speed steel

v) TRIP steel
May 2014
10. What are the influences of alloying Al, Cr, Ni,
Mo, Si, Mn, V and Cu on steel? Explain
in brief
May2011, Dec 2013
11. Discuss any two copper base, any two
aluminium base alloys. Give at least one
appilcation
12. Discuss the steps and the mechanism of
precipitation hardening and bearing alloys for
each alloy.
13. Briefly explain the following with respect to
non-ferrous alloys
i) Machinability. ii) weldability iii) castability
14. Name different alloys of copper. Give its
composition, properties and uses.
Dec 2011
15. What are the properties of Aluminium? And
what is the effect of different types ofalloying
element such as Cu, iron magnesium,
manganese used with Aluminium and its
application ? Explain.
May2012
16. Discuss different types of copper alloys and
their properties and applications.
17. Write a short note on bearing alloys.
May2013
18. Name non ferrous materials for the following
articles.
Bush - Tin Bronze
Furnaces Heating element-Ni- Cr - Fe alloys
Type writer parts
Coins - Coinage bronzes
Griders for airship-LM11
Big end bearing-AL alloys
Filament of electric lamps
Turbine blades inconel X
19. Write short note on
Bearing metals, Brasses, Alpha Beta Brasses

UNIT IV NON-METALLIC MATERIALS

Polymers types of polymer, commodity and
engineering polymers Properties and
applications of various thermosetting and
thermoplastic polymers (PP, PS, PVC, PMMA,
PET,PC, PA, ABS, PI, PAI, PPO, PPS, PEEK,
PTFE, Polymers Urea and Phenol
formaldehydes)Engineering
Ceramics

Properties and applications of Al2O3, SiC, Si3N4,

PSZ and SIALON Composites-ClassificationsMetal Matrix and FRP - Applications of
Composites.
Unit-IV NON METALLIC MATERILS
Part-A
1. What is PTFE? May (2010),
2. What is PE? May (2010),
3. What is PS? DEC (2010)
4. Define the degree of polymerization. DEC

(2010)
5. What is PVC? Dec. 2011
6. What is copolymerization? Dec. 2011
7. What is PMMA?
8. What is PET?
9. What is ABS?
10. What is PI?
11. What is PAI? May 2012
12. What is PPO? May 2012
13. What is PPS?
14. What is PEEK? May 2013
15. What is PTFE? May 2013
16. What is PA?
17. What is PP? May 2014
18. What are acrylics? Mention their application.

May 2014
19. Distinguish between hard and soft glasses.
20. How is alumina ceramics produced?

PART-B
Polymers
Dec. 2009
1. What is PMMA? Describe it in detail.
2. Explain in detail Engineering polymers
May 2010
3. ExpIa in the following terms with respect to
polymers
) Mechanical behaviour ii) Thermal behaviour
iii) Electrical behaviour
4. What are the special properties of plastics that
make them suitable for engineering
applications?

5. Enumerate the properties of the following i)

ThermoPlastics ii) thermosetting plastic iii)
Elastomers
Dec 2010, May 2012 , May 2014
6. Write the properties and applications of the
following polymers and discuss fabrication
method of polymers
PE & PF
PEEK
ABS
PTEF
7. List The Important Engg ceramics and its
applications. Discuss the properties and
application of 1)Si3N4 2)SiC 3)Al2O3
May 2011
8. Discuss the structure and applications of any
four thermoplastics and any four thrmoset
plastic materials.
9. Discuss the propedies and applications of the
following four ceramics 1) Zirconia 2)SiC 3)
Cubic boron nitride
10. What are the fibres reinforced plastic? name
any four fibres and matrix material
Dec. 2011 May 2013
11. Explain the following with reference to their
properties and applications.1)PS 2)PMMA
3)PVC 4)PTEF 5)PC 6)PP 7)PET
12. Write short notes on1) Ceramics 2) Urea
formaldehyde 3) Phenol formaldehyde
4)Fibre reinforced plastic
Composites-Classifications-Metal Matrix
DEC2012
13. Describe the following terms
Linear polymer
Branched polymer
Chain stiffing
Crossn link polymer
14. What is cemented carbide and how the are
made. Explain the step by step process.
May 2013 May 2014
15. How plastic material are classified ? explain
each clasification?
16. What do you understand by polymerization?
With the help of suitable examples compare
and contrast process of addition
polymerization and condensation
polymerization?
17. Write short notes about different types of
matrix of materials and reinforcement

materials used to make polymer and matrix

composites.

UNIT V MECHANICAL PROPERTIES

AND DEFORMATION MECHANISMS
Mechanisms of plastic deformation, slip and
twinning Types of fracture Testing of materials
under tension, compression and shear loads
Hardness tests (Brinell, Vickers and Rockwell),
hardness tests, Impact test lzod and charpy, fatigue
and creep failure mechanisms.
Part-A

1.

Name the slip plane and slip direction for FCC

crystal. MAY-2010

2.
2. What is creep?

MAY-2010

3. Define slip.
4. Name different types of facture.
5. What properties are determined from tensile
testing of metallic products? Dec. 2011
6. Distinguish between resilience and toughness.

Dec. 2011
7. Draw typical engineering stress strain curves
for the following materials: (a) Aluminum (b)
Mild steel (c) Cast iron (d) Polymer
8. What do you mean by double shear test?
9. Define the hardness of a material.
10. State the advantage and limitation of Rockwell
hardness test over the Brinell and Vickers
hardness test.
11. Differentiate between Charpy and Izod test
results not useful in design? May 2012
12. What is fatigue test S-N curve? May 2012
13. Define endurance limit in fatigue test.
14. Define fatigue strength in fatigue test. May

2013

1. Explain the mechanism of plastic deformation.

MAY-2010
2. With neat sketches explain the mechanism of
slip and twining.also State the differences
between them.
MAY 2012, DEC-2012, MAY 2014,
3. Explain the different types of mechanical
properties and mechanism of plastic
deformation by slip and twinning .
Testing of materials under tension,
compression and shear loads
DEC 2011
4. Sketch and describo the following hardness
tests a) Brinell b) Vickers
MAY 2012
5. Discuss the engg stress-strain curve for mild
steel, aluminium and cast iron. the tensile test
and different mechanical properties obtained
in tensile testing.
6. Write a short note on compression test.
7. List the vadous types of hardness testing.
Write a short note on Brinell and Vickers
hardness and their significance.
Hardness tests
DEC -2013
8. Explain the types of impact tests and how
ductile to brittle transition is occur with
diagram
MAY 2013
9. Sketch and describe the fatigue test.

15. Differentiate between elasticity and plasticity.

May 2013
16. Differentiate between ductility and
malleability.
17. Define the terms brittleness and hardness.

May 2014
18. How can you prevent the brittle fracture?

May 2014
19. What is meant by creep fracture?
20. Sketch a creep curve explaining different
stages of it.
PART-B
Mechanisms of plastic deformation
DEC-2009 ,May -2011 , Dec-2011, May
-2013

DEC2013
10. Explain in brief the testing of materials to
measure tension and compression with a
graph and an example.
11. What is hardness test and impact test ?
Explain with a sketch and an example.
MAY 2014
12. Draw S-N curve for mild steeland aluminium
and explaIn its features Explain the
procedure used to obtain SN diagram
13. Explain briefly about Charpy impact test.