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1. Sketch stress-strain curves indicating qualitative features inherent of a) Ductile material, b)

Brittle Material and c) Elastomer. Very briefly explain the mechanisms responsible for difference
in stress-strain behavior indicating significant sections in the graph.
2. With the help of a schematic stress-strain curve, indicate the following: a) Resilience, b)
Toughness and c) Ductility.
3. Briefly explain the reason behind higher solubility of Fe-atoms in FCC Iron as compared to BCC
Iron.
*Proper schematics accompanying the explanation required?
4. State Gibbs Phase rule with the help of a schematic diagram for any system other than H2O.
5. Determine the Miller Indices for the following directions:
6. Determine Miller Indices for the following planes A and B

7. Explain the microscopic mechanism responsible for elastic and plastic deformation in any
normal metal.
8. Give examples of materials having:
a. Simple Cubic Structure at room temperature
b. FCC at room temperature
c. High Ductility
d. High Resilience
e. High fatigue strength

9. a) How would you distinguish between steady state and unsteady state diffusion ? Explain with
the help of an example. Write down Ficks laws of diffusion as applied to steady and unsteady
state diffusion, explaining all the terms in the respective relationships. What is an error
function? Explain very briefly.
10. State the differences between Monotectic, Eutectic, Peritectic and Eutectoid invariant reactions
both with the help of schematics and equations.
11. Write down the conditions of solid solubility.
12. Compare and comment on the activation energies of vacancy formation, interstitial diffusion
and self-diffusion.
13. In any microscopic analysis of a microstructure, why do the grains appear as bright and grain
boundaries appear as dark? Sketch a neat diagram to represent typical microstructures of hypo-
eutectoid steel labeling different structures. Indicate the scale of the sketch.
14. What is slip? Explain the concept of slip system briefly taking the example of FCC unit cell.