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QUESTION BANK
YEAR : II YEAR SEM : IV SEM

UNIT – I ALLOYS AND PHASE DIAGRAM

PART - A

1. Classify Peritectic and Peritectoid reactions.

2. Compare steel and cast iron. Also classify the steel with respect to carbon percentage.
3. Define the following terms Solid Solution and Polymorphism.
4. Discuss about interstitial solid solutions and interstitial compounds.
5. Differentiate between eutectic and eutectoid phase reactions.
6. Illustrate carbon solubility is more in austenite.
7. List the advantages of alloy steel as compared to plain carbon steels.
8. Name and explain any one type of binary solid to solid state transformation reaction with ideal
phase diagram.
9. Discuss the rules governing the formation of solid solution.
10. Write the equation for Gibbs Rule.
11. Define hypo eutectoid, hyper eutectoid steels.
12. Illustrate the cooling curve for pure metal, binary solid solution and binary eutectic system.
13. Infer notes on 1.Cementite. 2. Pearlite 3. Bainite.
14. Define allotropy of iron.
15. Define phase diagram? and its importance.
16. Show nodular cast iron is called ductile cast iron?
17. Describe the effect of additions of chromium on the characteristics of steel?
18. Explain the effects of crystal structure and atomic radii on formation of solid solution
between two metallic elements?
19. Explain with an example of eutectoid reaction
20. Mention few applications of the (a) Low carbon steel (b) Medium carbon steel (c) High
carbon steel.

UNIT – I ALLOYS AND PHASE 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. What is solid solution? Explain the Hume Rothery rules governing substitutional solid
solution. Draw isomorphous diagram.
6. Explain the procedural steps for constructing the binary phase diagram where the components
show complete liquid and solid solubility. Draw the labelled diagram and name the system. Give
one example for the alloy system showing above mentioned behaviour.
7. Explain Micro-constituents of iron – carbon alloys with neat sketch.
8. Desirable properties and application of GrayC.I, NodularC.I, WhiteC.I, MalleableC.I.
9. Discuss classification of steels.
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10. (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
11. 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.
12. With the help of the Fe-C equilibrium diagram describe completely the changes that take
place during the slow cooling of a 0.5% carbon steel from liquid state.

UNIT II - HEAT TREATMENT

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
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UNIT II - HEAT TREATMENT

PART – B
1. Define hardenability 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? (CCT)
3. Draw Time Temperature Transformation diagram and label all the phases. Also enumerate the
four objectives of heat treatment. (TTT)
4. Draw the schematic isothermal transformation diagram corresponding to 0.8% of carbon steel.
5. Explain Types of Annealing.
4. Explain Normalising and Tempering.
5. Write short notes on Hardening and Quenching.
6.What are austempering and martempering? and explain it. What is their purpose?
7. Explain the steps in Case carburizing of steel.
8. Write short notes on 1) Carburising 2)Nitriding
9. Write short notes on 1) Cyaninding 4)Carbonitriding
11. Distinguish between diffusion and thermal surface hardening treatments.

UNIT-III FERROUS AND NON-FERROUS METALS

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 Maraging steels?
17. How copper alloys
18. what are the types of bronze? Phosphorous
19. What are the three main steps in precipitation strengthening
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UNIT-III FERROUS AND NON-FERROUS METALS

PART – B
1. Classify the ferrous materials with respect to alloying elements, microstructure and properties and write
the effect of alloying additions in steels.
2. Write short notes on: (i) Austenitic stainless steel (ii) Ferrite stainless steel (iii) Martensite
Stainless steel
3. Write short notes on: (i) High speed steel (ii) HSLA steel (iii) Marageing steel (iv) Tool steel
4. (i) What are ALPHA brass and ALPHA/BETA brass?
5. Discuss step involved in precipitation hardening treatment any one aluminum alloy as
example.
6. Write short notes on: (i) Gray C.I (ii) White C.I (iii) Malleable C.I (iv) Spheroidal graphite
CI
7. Discuss the composition, properties & typical application of any four copper alloys.
8. Discuss the composition, properties & typical application of some aluminium alloys.
9. Write a short note on light weight non-ferrous alloys and discuss the aluminium and its alloys
with respect to alloying and heat treatment. (Precipitation Hardening)
10. Explain Bearing alloys and Mg alloys.
11. How will you classify brasses based on the composition of zinc Explain the properties &
application of the main type of brasses.
12. Name non ferrous material for the following articles 1. bush 2.furnace heating element
3. type writer parts 4.Coins 5.Girders for airship 6.big end bearing 7. filament of electric
lamp 8. turbine blade 9.Lathe bed 10.Coatings on cutting inserts 11.Knobs 12.Windshields
13.Touch screens 14.Furnace linings 15.Grinding wheels 16.Coating on cutting wheels

UNIT-IV NON METALLIC MATERIALS

PART-A
1. What do you mean by co polymers?
2. Summarise the naturally occurring polymers?
3. What are the synthetic polymers?
4. What is polymerization?
5. What is the difference between Addition and condensation polymerization?
6. Define degree of polymerization?
7. Differentiate Thermoplasts and Thermosets polymer?
8. Define ceramics?.
9. Discover any properties of ceramics?
10.What is composite material?
12.What is matrix and reinforcement?
13.Draw the molecular structure of polyethylene and polyprophelene ?
14.Write the molecular structure of phenol- formaldehyde (PF) polymer & Urea – formalehyde(
UF) polymer ?
15.Give the example for metal- matrix composites and ceramic-matrix composites ?
16.With property and application, explain the following polymers a) PVC b) PMMA ?
17.What are the PEEK and PET polymers? What are their uses ?
18.What are the uses of alumina ?
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19.Summarise any four common engineering polymers ?

20.How are refractories classified?

UNIT-IV NON METALLIC MATERIALS

PART B
1. What is polymerization? Describe addition polymerization and condensation polymerization.
2. Write the Difference between Thermoplastic and Thermosetting polymers.
2. Describe the molecular structure, properties and applications of the following polymers PP,
PS, PVC .
3. Explain in the following : PET,PC, PA, ABS
4. Discuss the Structure, properties and application of the following polymeric materials PI, PAI,
PPO, PPS.
5. Discuss the Structure, properties and application of the following polymeric materials PEEK,
PTFE, Urea and Phenol formaldehydes
6. Write short notes on particle reinforced composites and fibre reinforced composites
7. With the schematic diagram illustrate the processing of reinforced composites
8. Describe the properties and applications of following structural ceramics: a) Alumina and
Partially stabilized zirconia b) Silicon carbide and Silicon nitride c) Sialon
9. What are different types of plastics? What are the special properties of plastics that make them
useful engineering material?
10. (i) Write short notes about the different types of matrix materials and reinforcement material
used to make polymer matrix composites
(ii). Discuss the properties of application of Al2 03 & SiC
11. (i)Difference between thermoplastics and thermosetting polymers (ii)What are the FRP and
its application
12. (i) Classify the composite materials and list two properties and application of them .
(ii) State the properties and application PSZ and sailons
13. Name explain the properties and application of any six varieties of polymers used as
engineering materials
14. Write short notes on : (i) PVC (ii)PE (iii)GLASS (iv)PMMA
15. What are the engineering ceramics and describe the characteristic and classification of
engineering ceramics.

UNIT V - MECHANICAL PROPERTIES AND DEFORMATION MECHANISMS

PART A
1. Name the slip plane and slip direction for FCC crystal.
2. Define Creep.
3. Define slip
4. Name the different types of fracture
5. What properties are analyze from tensile testing of metallic products?
6. Distinguish between resilience and toughness.
7. Illustrate typical engineering stress strain curves for the following materials
(a) Aluminum (b) Mild steel (c) Cast iron (d) Polymer
8. What do you understand double shear test?
9. Define the hardness of material
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10. Point out the advantage and limitation of Rockwell hardness test over the Brinell and Vickers
hardness test.
11. Differentiate between Charpy and Izod test. Judge, why test results not useful in design?
12. Explain fatigue test S-N curve.
13. Define endurance limit in fatigue test.
14. Describe fatigue strength in fatigue test.
15. Differentiate between elasticity and plasticity
16. Explain the following terms brittleness and hardness
17. Differentiate between ductility and malleability
18. How can you prevent the brittle fracture
19. Illustrate a creep curve explaining different stages of it.
20. What is meant by creep fracture?

UNIT V - MECHANICAL PROPERTIES AND DEFORMATION MECHANISMS

PART B
1. Write the help of neat sketches explain the difference between brittle and ductile fracture ?
2. Explain the difference between Elastic and Plastic deformation.
3. Explain the mechanism of plastic deformation by slip and twinning with neat sketch.
4. Write the difference between Slip and twinning.
5. What is Brittle Fracture? Explain the Griffith’s theory on brittle fracture and deduce an
expression for the critical stress required to propagate a crack simultaneously in a brittle
material.
6. Explain the testing procedure for Vickers hardness test and mention the advantages and
limitations.
7. Describe the procedure of Charpy impact testing and the properties obtained from it.
7. Explain the method of testing the materials for fatigue and how is the fatigue data presented.
8. Draw a typical creep curve and explain the various stages of creep.
9. What is meant by ductile fracture? Explain the mechanism of it.
10. Compare and contrast the Brinell, Vickers and Rockwell hardness tests.
11. Draw the typical S.N curve and brief on the influence of any two design parameter and
metallurgical properties
12.(i) Compare charpy and izod impact test (ii) List application of impact test (ii) Draw a typical
creep curve and brief on the mechanism
14. A steel specimen is tested to evaluate several mechanical properties . the dimension of the
specimen and observation during the test are given below: Diameter of the specimen =15mm
Gauge length = 65mm load at yield point =44KN Maximum Load =78KN Facture load =53KN
Gauge length at fracture =83mm Diameter of fracture section =10mm Strain at a load 20KN
=8.764X10-4mm/mm Determine : 1.The yield strength 2. Ultimate Strength 3. % of Elongation
4. Modulus of Elasticity 5.% Reduction in Area 6.Fracture Stress 7.Modulus of Toughness.
16. (i) State the difference between properties like hardness, yield strength, ultimate strength,
fracture strength, creep strength ,fatigue strength, impact toughness (ii) Discuss the role of slip
and twinning in plastic deformation of materials.
17. Describe how the torsion test is conducted and what are the properties deter from this test?

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