Loyola ICAM College of Engineering and Technology Question Bank Mechanical Engineering ME2253 ENGINEERING MATERIALS AND METALLURGY

Unit 3 Part a

1. List any two factors that affect hardenability of steels. 2. What are the objectives of heat treatment process/ 3. What is critical cooling curve and its significance in CCT diagram? 4. List any two factors that affect hardenability of steels. 5. Differentiate carburizing and nitriding. 6. Enumerate any two differences between annealing and normalizing. 7. Define heat treatment 8. State the objectives of heat treatment 9. List any two factors that affect hardenability of steels. 10. What are the objectives of heat treatment process/ 11. What is critical cooling curve and its significance in CCT diagram? 12. Explain heat treatment process 13. Define critical cooling rate 14. Define hardenability 15. What you meant by tempering 16. What you mean by normalizing? 17. What is age and air hardening 18. What are the stages of tempering process 19. What is pack carburizing process 20. Enumerate any two differences between annealing and normalizing. 21. Explain the term induction hardening.

PART-B 8 marks each 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Explain full annealing process Explain stress relief annealing process Differentiate between annealing and normalizing Explain the procedure of performing hardening Explain age and air hardening Explain the stages of tempering process Explain back carburizing process Explain flam hardening with neat diagram

9. Explain induction hardening with neat diagram 10. Draw and explain salient points of isothermal transformation diagram 11. Draw and explain various points in TTT diagram 12. Explain the procedure involved in each of the following process and changes taking place in physical properties 13. (i) Carburising (ii) Nitriding (iii) Flame hardening. 14. Define hardenability and explain Jominy End Quench test. How to use this Jominy end quench test data? (8) 15. What is meant by TTT diagram ? What is its application? Draw CCT curve on TTT diagram and explain its significance (8) 16.Outline the principle of high frequency induction hardening. How induction hardening is carried out. Mention its advantages, disadvantages and applications. 17. Give the process details of full annealing and spheroidising treatments for steels. Explain the microstructure and need for these treatments. (8) 18. (i)Explain with a neat sketch various quenching techniques followed in hardening.(8) (ii)Explain martempering and austempering process (8)

19. What is case hardening? Discuss nitriding process and its importance for industrial applications. Differentiate surface chemical treatment and surface thermal treatment. (16) 20. (i)Explain how to draw TTT diagram of steel and explain the steps involved (10) (ii)Explain in general hardening and softening process by giving its applications (6)

Loyola ICAM College of Engineering and Technology Question Bank Mechanical Engineering ME2253 ENGINEERING MATERIALS AND METALLURGY

Unit 4 Part a
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. What is the purpose of spheroidizing? How to avoid white layer in Nitriding treatment? List the effect of chromium in alloy steel. Name a few characteristics of bearing alloy What will be the effects, if the following elements alloyed with steel? (a) Phosphorous (b) Sulphur. 6. Write down the composition and any one application of the following alloys. (a) Duralumin (b) Brass. 7. What is the structure difference between white cast iron and grey cast iron? 8. Name any two precipitation hardenable alloys.

9. Write the effect of Cr as alloying element on steel. 10. Give the composition of the following non ferrous alloys (a) Gunmetal (b) Muntz metal 11. What is precipitation hardening? 12. Name any two non ferrous alloys and its applications
13. What is precipitation hardening? 14. What is the purpose of magnesium treatment in producing S.G. iron? 15. What is stainless steel? 16. What are the typesof stainless steel? 17. What are HSLA steel? 18. What are the types of cast irion? 19. Name any two important copper alloys and applications?

Part b 8 marks each 1. How will you classify brass based on the composition of zinc? Explain the properties and applications of the main types of brass. 2. Explain the steps involved in precipitation hardening treatment. 3. Write a short note on compositions and properties of the following steel (16) a. Austenitic stainless steel b. High speed steel c. Martensitic stainless steel. d. Maraging steel. 4. Discuss the effects of various alloying elements on the properties of metals. What is red hardness and how it is useful for cutting tools? 5. Compare the martensite that is formed in maraging steel with the martensite that is formed in carbon steel. 6. What is the main strengthening mechanism in high strength aluminium alloys? 7. Write down the composition and applications of the following metal 8. (1) Stainless steel (2) Tool steel. (5 + 5) 9. What is precipitation hardening? Illustrate this with an example. (6)
10. (b) (i) Enumerate the composition and applications of following alloys. (1) Cupro nickel (2) Bronze (3) Bearing alloy. (9) State the effects of the following alloying elements in steel (1) Chromium (2) Molybdenum. (4) 11. (b) List all the alloys of following non ferrous metals and state their composition and uses (i) Copper (ii) Aluminium. (8 + 8) 12. (i)What are the effects of Si, Ni, Mn and Cr in steel and also in Fe-C diagram? (8) (ii) What are maraging steels? How are they manufactured? What are their applications? (8) 13. (i) Discuss any two copper base, any two aluminium base alloys. Give at least one application for each alloy. (8) (ii) Discuss the steps and the mechanism of precipitation hardening. (8) 14. Classify the ferrous materials with respect to alloying elements, microstructure and properties and write the effect of alloying additions in steels. (16)

15. Discuss the composition, properties & typical application of any four copper alloys. (16)
16. (i)Write down the composition and applications of the following metal (1) Stainless steel (2) Tool steel. (5 + 5) (ii)What is precipitation hardening? Illustrate this with an example. (6)