ENGINEERING MATERIALS

CE- 705A
GROUP-A
ANSWER ANY 10:

10X1

1.Pure iron is the structure of

ferrite
pearlite
anstenite
ferrite and cementite
ferrite and pearlite.

2.A reversible change in the atomic structure of steel with corresponding change in the properties is known as
molecular change
physical change
allotropic change
solidus change
atomic change.

3.The ultimate tensile strength and yield strength of most of the metals, when temperature falls from 0 to l00C
will
increase
decrease
remain same
first increase and then decrease
show unpredictable behavior.

4.Slow plastic defoliation of metals under a constant stress is known as

creep

fatigue
endurance
plastic deformation
non-plastic deformation.

5.Mild steel belongs to the following category

low carbon steel
medium carbon steel
high carbon steel
alloy steel
special steel.

6.Which of the following constituents of steels is softest and least strong

austenite
pearlite
ferrite
cementlte
bainite.

7.Recrystallization temperature is one

at which crystals first start forming from molten metal when it is cooled
at which new spherical crystals first begin to form from the old deformed one when a strained metal
is heated
at which change of allotropic form takes place
at which crystals grow bigger in size
at which crystals are destroyed on heating.

8.The following types of materials are usually the most ductile

10. The elastic stress strain behavior of rubber is

face-centred cubic lattice
linear
body-centred cubic lattice
non-linear
hexagonal close-packed lattice
plastic
all of the above
no fixed relationship
none of the above.
unpredictable behavior.
9. A material is known as allotropic or polymorphic if it
has a fixed structure under all conditions
exists in several crystal forms at different temperatures
responds to heat treatment
has its atoms distributed in a random pattern
none of the above.

11.The ultimate tensile strength of low carbon steel by working at a high strain rate will
decrease
increase
remain constant
first increase and then decrease
first decrease and then increase.

12.Isotropic materials are those which have the same

elastic properties in all directions
stresses induced in all directions
thermal properties in all directions
electric and magnetic properties in all directions

density throughout.

13.Malleability of a material can be defined as

ability to undergo large permanent deformations in compression
ability to recover its original form
ability to undergo large permanent deformations in tension
all of the above
none of the above.

GROUP-B(Any three)
3x5
1. i) What do you mean by solubility limit?
ii) Name the types of reactions in a binary phase diagram, state their
respective equations and phase diagram characteristic in tabular form.
2+3
2. i) What is meant by fracture of a material? Name different kinds of fracture
and give sketches.
ii) Define fracture toughness of a material.
iii) A high strength steel is having yield stress of 1460 MPa and K ic=98 MPa
m0.5. Calculate the size of the surface crack that will lead to its
catastrophic failure at an applied stress of 0.5 of Y.P. stress.
2+1+2
3. State the uses of copper alloys, and zinc alloys.
2.5+2.5
4. i) Discuss briefly the effect of temperature on tensile strength and impact
properties.
ii) What do you mean by true stress and strain?
2+3
5. Describe the test procedure of Rockwell hardness test.
5
6. i) Write down the Hall-Petch equation for strengthening of materials and
alloys by controlling the grain size.
ii) Draw neat sketch of creep phenomenon showing different shapes.
iii) Find the grain diameter of an austenitic grain size No. 6.
1+2+2
GROUP-C (Any three)
1. i) Discuss different types of annealing processes
ii) Distinguish between hardness and hardenability.
9+6
2. i) What do you understand by polymerisation?
ii) State the uses of polymers.

3x15

iii) Define unit cells. Describe the crystal systems with clean sketches.
2+3+10
3. Classify Ferrous alloys. State the general properties and uses of any one of
them.
4+7+4
4. i) What is meant by fracture of a material? State the different kinds of
fracture and give sketches.
ii) Iron tested at -196C temperature is brittle. It, however, becomes ductile
at this temperature, if a thin layer of silver is diffused along the grain
boundaries of iron. Explain this change in behaviour.
iii) What is ceramics? Name some common ceramic materials and state
their characteristics.
iv) Explain how sintering and vitrification are done.
3+3+4+5
5. i) Write a short note on different types of matrix materials used to make
polymer matrix composites.
ii) Elements A and B melt at 700 C and 1000 C respectively. Draw a typical
isomorphous phase diagram between the elements A and B.
iii) Calculate the amounts and compositions of phases and microconstituents in a 0.6% C steel at just below 723 C.
4+4+7
6. Write short notes on any three:
a) Smart materials and nano materials
b) Brinell test
c) Fatigue strength
d) Austempering
e) Thermo plastics and thermosets
f) Corrosion control
5x3
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