CHENDU COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY

DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

QUESTION BANK
YEAR/SEM : II/IV
SUB NAME : ENGINEERING MATERIALS AND METALLURGY SUB CODE : ME6403

UNIT-I
PART-A
1. Define Peritectic and Eutectoid reactions.
2. State the conditions under which two metallic elements will exhibit unlimited solid solubility.
3. Define the terms "ferrite" and "austenite" in iron-carbon alloy system.
4. Define solute and solvent.
5. What are the different types of solid solutions?
6. What is phase diagram? and its importance.
7. Define ferrite and austenite.
8. Define cementite, pearlite.
9. What is meant by hypo eutectoid, hypereutectoid steel?
10. What are cooling curves?
11. List the parameters that can be determined from the tensile test.
12. Mention some of the disadvantages of Brinell hardness test.
13. What will be the effects, if the following elements alloyed with steel?
(a).Phosphorous,(b).sulphur
14. Write down the composition and any one application of the following alloys.
(a) Duralumin
(b) Brass.
15. Name any two polymers and state their applications.
16. How the steel classified?
17. What is Heat treatment of metal?
18. What are the types of Cast
19. What are the types of heat
20. What is the process in Stress relief annealing?
21. What is the process in Recrystallization or process
22. What is the Spheroidizing?
23. What is the purpose of normalizing?
24. Write the classification of steel?
25. What are the four solid phases in the iron- iron carbide diagram?

PART-B
1. Discuss the similarities and differences between substitutional and interstitial solid solution?
2. What is cooling curve? How does the time temperature cooling curve of an alloy of eutectic composition
different from that of a pure metal?
3. Explain:
1. Eutectic reaction
2. Eutectoid reaction
3. Peritectic reaction
4. Peritectoid reaction
4. Draw Iron -Carbide equilibrium diagram and mark on it all salient temperature and composition
5. (1) Elements A & B melt at 7000 C and 10000 C respectively. Draw a typical isomorphous phase
diagram Between the elements A & B. (2) Elements A & B melt at 7000 C & 10000 C respectively. They
form a eutectic at 35temperature 5000 C. Draw a typical phase diagram between A & B
6. Metal A has melting point at 10000 C . Metal B has melting point of 5000 C. Draw one phase diagram
(between the elements A & B) for each of the following conditions.
 (i)The two elements exhibit unlimited solid solubility.
(ii)The alloy systems show formation of two terminal solid solution and a eutectic point at 50%Aand at7000 C.
7. (i) Give the classification of steel.
(ii)Desirable properties and application of low, medium and high carbon steel. (iii)What
is an alloy steel? How are alloy steel classified? Explain them.
8. Explain the classification of steel.
9. Draw the block diagram of a generalized measurement system and explain its various elements?
10. Briefly discuss on calibration of temperature measuring devices with suitable examples.
11. List the various types of measuring instruments and explain each one of them.
12. Desirable properties and application of GrayC.I, NodularC.I, WhiteC.I, MalleableC.I.
13. Briefly discuss on the various standards of measurement.
14. List the various interferometers and explain any two.
15. List the classification of slip gauges?

UNIT-II
PART- A
1. A low carbon steel in tile normalized condition is stronger than tile same steel ill tile annealed condition.
Why?
2. Case carburizing heat treatment is not generally carried out for medium carbon steels. Why?
3. What is "critical cooling rate" in hardening of steels?
4. What is meant by "heat treatment"? and its purpose.
5. What are the factors affecting the CCR?
6. What is meant by normalizing? and its purpose.
7. What is quenching? List some of the quenching medium.
8. What are the factors affecting the hardness?
9. What is meant by harden ability? What are the factors affecting it?
10. What is induction hardening?
11. What is the Peritectic reaction in Iron-Carbide diagram?
12. What is the Eutectic reaction in Iron-Carbide diagram?
13. What is the name of this combination Austenite + Cementite?
14. What is the Eutectoid reaction in Iron-Carbide diagram?
15. What is the name of this combination -Ferrite + Cementite? Pearlite
16. What is Hypoeutectoid and Hypereutectoid steel?
17. Write the classification of steel
18. How the steel classified?
19. What is the process in Full Annealing?
20. What is the process in Stress relief annealing?
21. What is the Spheroidizing?
22. What is Normalising?
23. What is the purpose of normalizing?
24. what is the abbrevation of TTT-diagram?
25. How to obtain IT diagram

PART-B
1. Define harden ability of steel .Explain the jominy end quench test used to determine hardenability of steel. How
will you draw harden ability curves this sheet?
2. What is cooling curve? How does the time temperature cooling curve of an alloy of eutectic composition
different from that of a pure metal?
3. Explain:
1. Annealing
2. Spheroidising
3. Normalizing
4. Hardening
 4. What are austempering and martempering? and explain it. What is their purpose?
5. Explain the steps in Case carburizing of steel.
6. Write short notes on: 1. Carburizing
2.Nitriding
3.Cyaniding
4. Carbonitriding.
7. Write short notes on (a) Flame hardening (b) Induction hardening.
8. Draw the schematic isothermal transformation diagram corresponding to 0.8% of carbon steel.
9. Explain hardening and tempering process.
10. Draw Fe-Fe3C phase diagram and label all the phases. Discuss the structural transformation while cooling from
liquid to solid.
11. What is solid solution? Explain the Hume Rothery rules governing substitutional solid solution. Draw
isomorphous
phase diagram.
12. What is Hardening? Discuss in detail on different hardening methods and mechanism. Compare hardening and
annealing.
13. What is case hardening? Discuss nitriding process and its importance for industrial applications.
14. Differentiate surface chemical treatment and surface thermal treatment.
15. Describe fatigue testing and methods for improving fatigue strength of the components. Draw the S-N curve for
aluminium and titanium.

UNIT-III
PART-A
1. Compare the martensite that is formed in maraging steels with the martensite that is formed in carbon steels.
2. What is the main strength mechanism in high strength aluminum alloys?
3. What are the effect of chromium and molybdenum in low alloy steels?
4. What is the purpose of magnesium treatment in producing S.G. iron?
6. What is stainless steel?
7. What is cooling curve? How does the time temperature cooling curve of an alloy of eutectic composition
different from that of a pure metal? What is cooling curve? How does the time temperature cooling curve of an
alloy of eutectic composition different from that of a pure metal? What are the types of stainless steel?
8. What are HSLA steel?
9. What are the types of cast irion?
10. What are the important copper alloy
11. What is alloy steel?
12. What are the effects of alloying additions on steel?
13. How stainless steel divided?
14. What are the various types of Tool
15. What is HSLA steels?
16. What are Margin steels?
17. How copper alloys
18. what are the types of bronze? Phosphorous
19. What are the three main steps in precipitation strengthening
20. Define the term polymers.
21. What are the naturally occurring polymers? Wood, rubber, leather etc.
22. What are the synthetic polymers?
23. What is polymerization?
24. What are the types of polymerization?
25. What is the difference between Addition and condensation polymerization?

PART-B
1. Write short notes on: (i) Austinitic stainless steel (ii) Ferritic stainless steel
 (iii) Martensitic stainless steel
2.Write short notes on: (i) High speed steel
(ii) HSLA steel
(iii) Marageing steel
(iv) Tool steel
3. (i) What are ALPHA brass and ALPHA/BETA brass?
(ii)Discuss step involved in precipitation hardening treatment anyone aluminum alloy as example.
4. How will you classify brasses based on the composition of zinc Explain the properties & application of the
main type of brasses.
5. Write short notes on:
(i) Gray C.I (ii) White C.I
(iii) Malleable C.I (iv) Spheroidal graphite CI
6. Discuss the composition, properties & typical application of any four copper alloys.
7. Discuss the composition, properties & typical application of some aluminum alloys.
8. Write a short note on Rockwell hardness testing and their significance. What are the properties
measured from tensile testing and write their engineering significance? Draw the stress and strain
curve for aluminium, cast iron and low carbon steel.
9. Classify the ferrous materials with respect to alloying elements, microstructure and properties and
write the effect of alloying additions in steels.
10. Write a short note on light weight non-ferrous alloys and discuss the aluminium and its alloys with
respect to alloying and heat treatment.
11. Write the properties and applications of the following polymers and discuss anyone fabrication methods of
polymers.
(i) PE, (ii) PEEK, (iii) ABS and (iv) PTFE
12. List the important engineering ceramics and its applications. Discuss the properties and applications of
Si3N4 and SiC.
13. Draw creep curve and explain the different stages of creep damage.
14. Draw S-N curve for ferrous and non-ferrous metals and explain how endurance strength can be determined.
15.Define the term hardness of metal. With a neat sketch, explain the hardness measurement by Rockwell
method.
UNIT-IV

PART-A
1. Name four ethenic polymers (polymers that have the basic monomer structure of ethylene).
2. What are the important of alumina and silicon nitride?
3. Give one example each for metal-matrix composites and ceramic-matrix composites.
4. What is polymerization?
5. Distinguish between thermoplastics and thermosetting plastics.
6. What are engineering ceramics?
7. What are the types of engineering ceramics?
8. What is composites?
9. List the advantage and limitations of composites materials.
10. List the applications composites materials.
11. What is alloy steel?
12. What are the effects of alloying additions on steel?
13. How stainless steel divided?
14. What are the various types of Tool
15. What is HSLA steels?
16. What are Maraging steels?
17. How copper alloys
18. What are the types of bronze? Phosphorous
19. What are the three main steps in precipitation Strengthening
20. Define the term polymer.
 21. What are the naturally occurring polymers? Wood, rubber, leather etc.
22. What are the synthetic polmers?
23. What is polymerization?
24. What are the types of polymerization?
25. What is the difference between Addition and condensation polymerization?

PART-B
1. Describe the molecular structure, properties and application of the following polymers.
(i) Polyvinyl chloride (PVC)
(ii) Polystyrene (PS)
(iii)Polyethylene terephthalate (PET)
(iv) Poly carbonate
2. Describe the molecular structure, properties and application of the following polymeric materials.
(i) Poly methyl methacrylate (PMMA)
(ii) Poly tetra f1uoro ethylene (PTFE)
(iii) Polyethylene terephthalate (PET)
(iv) Acryl nitride butadiene styrene.
3. Describe the molecular structure, properties and application of the following polymers. (i)Polypropylene (PP)
(ii) Polyvinyl chloride (PVC)
(iii) Poly tetra f1uoro ethylene (PTFE)
(iv) Poly ethylene perethalate.
4. Describe the properties and application of the following ceramics materials
(i)Alumina (ii)Silicon carbide (iii)Silicon nitride (iv) Sialon.
5. Write short notes about the different types of matrix materials and reinforced materials used to make
polymers
matrix composites.
6. Explain the principle characteristics pf cast iron and explain the factors which affect the structrure of cast iron
7. Describe the structures of the main types of cast irons and account for their continued use as engineering
materials
8. Explain in details of grey and malleable cast irons with examples and comparison.
9. Composition and heat treatment,(ii)microstructure, and mechanical characteristics
10. Compare white and nodular cast irons with respect to
(i)composition and heat treatment,
(ii) microstructure mechanical characteristics
11. Discuss the composition, Properties, and typical applications of any four copper alloys
12. Explain the composition, properties, and typical applications of some aluminium alloys.
13. What do you understand by polymerisation? with th help of suitable examples, compare and condensation
polymerization
14. Describe the difference between thermoplastics and thermosetting plastics
15. Explain the difference between commodity plastics and engineering plastics

UNIT-V
PART-A
1. Define endurance limit in fatigue test.
2. What properties are determined from tension testing of metallic products?
3. In general, HCP metals are hard and brittle while FCC metals are soft and ductile. Why?
4. Define slip.
5. Define twinning.
6. What is a fracture?
7. Write types of fractures.
8. What is the use of S-N curve?
9. Define creep
10.Write down the various mechanical test.
 11.What is the use of izod test?
12.What is the yield strength?
13.What are the tests conducted in the material?
14.What is fatigue fracture?
15.What is Brittle fracture?
16.What is creep fracture?
17.What is the need of mechanical test?
18.What are the two types of Deformation in metals?
19.What is plastic deformation?
20.What is Elastic deformation?
21.what ways plastic deformation takes place?
22.Define slipping.
23.Define Twinning.
24.What is the use of izod test?
25.What is the yield strength?

PART-B
1. What are slip and twinning? What are their characteristics?
2.Discuss characteristics of ductile fracture and brittle fracture.
3.Explain the testing procedure for determining the following properties. (I ) Brinell hardness number
4.Explain the testing procedure for determining the following properties.
(ii) Creep strength
5. Explain the testing procedure of Vickers hardness test
6.Explain the testing procedure lzod impact test
7. Explain the testing procedure of Rockwell hardness test
8.Explain the testing procedure of Charpy impact test
9. Explain the mechanism of plastic deformation of metals by slip and twinning.
10.Explain testing procedure for Fatigue test.
11.Explain the testing procedure of Tensile test
12.Explain the testing procedure of Creep test
13.Draw S-N curve for ferrous and non-ferrous metals and explain how endurance strength can be determined.
14.Define the term hardness of metal. With a neat sketch, explain the hardness measurement by Rockwell
method.
15.Define and Explain of composition and (i)heat treatment,(ii) microstructure