Syllabus
Syllabus
UNIT – I (9)
Crystallography: Space Lattices, Unit cells, Crystal Structure, Crystal Systems- Atomic packing
factors; Crystal planes and directions - Miller indices - Miller Bravais indices; Crystal
Imperfections- Point defects, Line defects, Surface defects; Mechanisms of Plastic Deformation-
Slip and Twinning; Mechanical Properties of Materials, Destructive testing methods - Hardness,
Tensile, Fracture, Fatigue and creep tests
UNIT – II (9)
Constitution of alloys: Solid Solution, types of solid solution- Substitutional solid solutions-
Ordered and Disordered, Interstitial solid solution; Hume Rothery’s rule, Gibb’s phase rule.
Phase Diagrams: Binary phase diagrams – Phase rule two component system, Isomorphous,
eutectic and eutectoid systems, Fe-Fe3C equilibrium diagram
UNIT – IV (9)
Non Ferrous metals and alloys: Composition, Properties and Applications of Aluminum and
its alloys, Copper and its alloys; Titanium
Powder Metallurgy: Preparation and characteristics of metal powders, Powder metallurgy
process, Applications of Powder Metallurgy
Furnaces: Principle and operation of Blast furnace and Cupola furnace
Non-Destructive Testing: Classification, application, principle and operation of Fluorescent
penetrant test, Magnetic particle inspection, X-ray and Ultrasonic
Textbook:
[1] V.D. Kodgire, Material Science & Metallurgy, 42nd ed. Pune: Everest Publishing House,
2018.
Reference Books:
[1] George E. Dieter, Mechanical Metallurgy, 3rd ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1988.
[2] V. Raghavan, Material Science and Engineering, 6th ed. Prentice-Hall of India Pvt. Ltd.,
2015.
[3] Sydney, H. Avener, Introduction to Physical Metallurgy, 26th ed. New York: McGraw-Hill,
2009.
[4] William D. Callister, Material Science and Engineering an Introduction, 4th ed. John wiley &
sons, Inc., 1997.
Course Research Paper (CRP): Research papers (Indexed journal/conference papers) relevant
to the course content will be posted by the course faculty on the CourseWeb page. Students
have to write a two-page summary of CRP and submit it as part of a special assignment.
Course Patent (CP): Patents relevant to the course content will be posted by the course faculty
on the CourseWeb page. Students have to write a two-page summary on CP and submit it as
part of a special assignment.
Course Projects: A course project is an independent project carried out by the student during
the course period, under the supervision of the course faculty. The course faculty will post a
few course project titles on the CourseWeb page. Students are encouraged to come up and
experiment with the ideas that interest them.