Code No: 34014 R05 Set No.

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II B.Tech II Semester Supplimentary Examinations,Febuary 2010
METALLURGY AND MATERIALS SC.
Common to Mechanical Engineering, Mechatronics, Production
Engineering, Automobile Engineering
Time: 3 hours Max Marks: 80
Answer any FIVE Questions
All Questions carry equal marks
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1. (a) Explain corrosion resistance behavior of aluminium and aluminium alloys.

(b) Explain the importance of Titanium in the modern industrial scenario.
(c) Discuss the properties and applications of Aluminium-Copper castings.[6+6+4]

2. (a) Explain the following types of malleable cast irons.

i. Ferritic malleable cast iron
ii. Pearlitic malleable cast iron.
iii. Ferrito-Pearlitic malleable Cast Iron.
(b) Explain the different kinds of carbon steels. Explain them. Also give their
carbon contents. [9+7]

3. (a) Explain the effects of

i. Sub-zero treatment
ii. Addition of carbon
iii. quenching media on the hardness of steels.
(b) Explain the various stages in an heat treatment cycle. [9+7]

4. (a) Name different types of glasses. Explain any two types of glasses.
(b) How are the ceramic materials classified? Discuss their characteristic proper-
ties and application. [8+8]

5. (a) Explain about the necessity of alloying. Why alloys are more preffered over
metals, for industrial applications?
(b) Name Hume-Rothery’s rules and explain all of them. [8+8]

6. (a) Explain why a covalent bond is directional while ionic and metallic bonds are
non-directional.
(b) What is bond energy? What are the ranges of bond energies (approximate)
for primary and secondary bonds?
(c) Explain valence bond (VB) theory. [5+5+6]

7. (a) What is dendrite? How it is formed? Explain the defects caused hy dendrites.
(b) Discuss about microsegregation and macrosegregation.
(c) Compare eutectoid ferrite and proeutectoid ferrite. [6+6+4]

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8. (a) Explain the mechanism of strengthening in fibre reinforced composite
materials and particulate composite materials.
(b) Explain why the reinforcement efficiency is lower for discontinuous fibres than
for continuous fibres. [10+6]

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II B.Tech II Semester Supplimentary Examinations,Febuary 2010
METALLURGY AND MATERIALS SC.
Common to Mechanical Engineering, Mechatronics, Production
Engineering, Automobile Engineering
Time: 3 hours Max Marks: 80
Answer any FIVE Questions
All Questions carry equal marks
?????

1. (a) Explain the ranges of bond energies in primary and secondary bonds.
(b) Distinguish between Amorpous materials and crystalline materials.
(c) What important factors control the type of structure developed in Ionic solids
and covalent solids. Explain them. [4+4+8]

2. (a) Explain chemical compounds, metallic compounds and interstecial compounds

with suitable examples.
(b) Explain the effect of alloying elements on the properties of steel as substitu-
tional and interstecial alloying elements. [9+7]

3. (a) Discuss fully the various crystal structures of crystalline ceramics.

(b) Compare the physical, chemical and mechanical properties of ceramics with
those of metals. [8+8]

4. Explain the following in detail:

(a) Matrix
(b) Reinforcement
(c) Interface
(d) C-C Composites. [4 × 4 = 16]

5. (a) Give composition,properties and uses of the following alloys:

i. Babbit
ii. Invar
iii. German silver
iv. Monel.
(b) Describe the effect of increasing the zinc content on the properties of Brasses.
[12+4]

6. (a) Explain why the shape of TTT curve is like ‘C’.

(b) Explain the effect of various alloying elements on the shape and position of
TTT diagram.
(c) Explain the continuous cooling transformation of 0.8%C steel with the help of
TTTdiagram. [6+6+4]

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7. Draw the equilibrium diagram of Copper and Zinc system. For an alloy composition
of 74%Cu and26%Zn, name the phases present at the following temperatures. Name
the important points, lines, phases in the phase diagram.

(a) 5000 C
(b) 6800 C
(c) 8500 C. [16]

8. (a) Which stainless steel is best suited for surgical instruments? Explain
(b) Why are graphite flakes in gray iron very often surrounded by ferrite areas?
(c) Explain why is malleable iron made from hypo eutectic cast iron. [6+5+5]

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Code No: 34014 R05 Set No. 1
II B.Tech II Semester Supplimentary Examinations,Febuary 2010
METALLURGY AND MATERIALS SC.
Common to Mechanical Engineering, Mechatronics, Production
Engineering, Automobile Engineering
Time: 3 hours Max Marks: 80
Answer any FIVE Questions
All Questions carry equal marks
?????

1. Differentiate between:

(a) Directional bond and non-directional bond.

(b) Bond length and bond energy.
(c) Ionic bond and covalent bond.
(d) Hydrogen bond and vanderwall’s bond. [4 × 4 = 16]

2. (a) Discuss the heat treatment process variables.

(b) All metals and alloys cannot be heat treated in order to enhance mechanical
properties. Discuss.
(c) Discuss briefly the transformation of pearlite in to Austenite on heating the
steels. [7+5+4]

3. (a) ‘Glass is a super cooled liquid’. Justify the statement.

(b) Give the composition, properties and applications of the following: [6+10]
i. Soda lime glass
ii. Flint glass.

4. (a) Why are glass fibres most commonly used for reinforcement? Explain them.
(b) Explain why fibre glass reinforced composites are utilized extensively?
(c) What is dispersed phase in a composite material? Explain briefly?
(d) What is matrix phase in composite materials? Explain briefly? [4+4+4+4]

5. (a) Compare and contrast gray costiron and spheroidal gray cast iron.
(b) Draw the micro structures of malleable and white cast irons and write their
properties and uses. [8+8]

6. (a) Explain the process of solidification of hypoeutectic alloy.

(b) Describe the Fe-F e3 C diagrams and list the advantages and limitations of
these diagrams is applied to heat treatment. [8+8]

7. (a) Explain about Alpha and Alpha-Beta Alloys of Titanium .

(b) Which Aluminium casting alloy develops the highest mechanical properties?.
Why?

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(c) What is meant by anodizing of Aluminium? Explain . [6+5+5]

8. (a) How are the alloys classified according to the microstructures? Explain them.
(b) What do you mean by intermediate alloy phase? Explain any one type of
intermediate alloy phase with some examples. [6+10]

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Code No: 34014 R05 Set No. 3
II B.Tech II Semester Supplimentary Examinations,Febuary 2010
METALLURGY AND MATERIALS SC.
Common to Mechanical Engineering, Mechatronics, Production
Engineering, Automobile Engineering
Time: 3 hours Max Marks: 80
Answer any FIVE Questions
All Questions carry equal marks
?????

1. With the help of a neat sketch describe the pultrusion process for the manufacture
of fibre reinforced plastics. Explain the advantages, disadvantages and typical
applications of this process. [16]

2. (a) What is polymorphism? Explain Polymorphic transformations with suitable

examples.
(b) Discuss the importance of phases and phase diagrams to a metallurgist or a
material scientist. [8+8]

3. (a) Discuss the physical and mechanical properties of copper. Write down the
applications of pure copper.
(b) Name any two important brasses from alpha(α) brass group. Give their
compostion, properties and important applications. [8+8]

4. (a) Describe the atomic situation that exists in the grains and at the grain
boundaries of a metal. Discuss the properties of a material in both the atomic
situations.
(b) Discuss about Hydrogen bond. [8+8]

5. (a) What do you mean by electron-atom ratio? Explain how you calculate
electron-atom ratio for a given compound.
(b) What is relative size factor? Explain it. Explain it’s importance in the
formation of substitutional solid solutions.
(c) Why an intersterical compound is expressed by a chemical formulate but not
an interstecial solid solution? [6+6+4]

6. (a) What factors determine the wear resisting properties of steels? Explain.
(b) Write the charactaeristics, compositions and applications of malleable cast
irons and S.G. Cast iron. [5+11]

7. (a) What is fused silica glass? What are its advantages and disadvantages.
(b) What is pyrex glass? What is its composition? Give the properties and
applications fo the above glass.
(c) Describe how strength of glass can be increased. [6+7+3]

8. (a) What are the advantages of gas carburizing compared with pack carburizing?

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(b) What are the limitations of Austempering?
(c) What are the principal advantages of Austempering compared with the
conventional quench and temper method? [6+4+6]

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