CODE No.

:14BT30302 SVEC-14

SREE VIDYANIKETHAN ENGINEERING COLLEGE

(An Autonomous Institution, Affiliated to JNTUA, Anantapur)
II B.Tech I Semester (SVEC14) Regular Examinations November - 2015
MATERIALS SCIENCE AND METALLURGY
[ Mechanical Engineering ]
Time: 3 hours Max. Marks: 70
Answer One Question from each Unit
All questions carry equal marks

1 a) What are the point defects in a crystal lattice structure? Explain them with neat 7 Marks
diagrams.
b) What are the different methods used to determine the grain size in metals? 7 Marks
Explain.
(OR)
2 a) What are the different types of bonding in materials? Explain them with suitable 7 Marks
examples.
b) Why materials exhibit different mechanical properties? Explain. 7 Marks

3 a) In binary systems, what are the different invariant reactions occurs? Explain them 7 Marks
with neat diagrams.
b) Explain in detail Hume Rothery rules. 7 Marks
(OR)
4 a) Explain the effect of alloying elements on Iron- Iron carbon system. 7 Marks
b) What is phase and phase diagram? What are the different phase diagrams? 7 Marks
Explain them with neat diagrams.

5 a) Describe how TTT' curves are useful in the heat treatment processes of steel. 7 Marks
b) Write a short note on : i) Process annealing ii) Hardening 7 Marks
(OR)
6 a) “Hardening of steel is always followed by tempering” Give reasons. 7 Marks
b) What is carburizing? Why is it done? 7 Marks

7 a) What are the common alloying elements other than carbon in low alloy steels? 7 Marks
Explain.
b) What is brass? Describe the composition, properties and uses of important types 7 Marks
of brasses.
(OR)
8 a) How are engineering materials classified? How ferrous metals differ from 7 Marks
non-ferrous metals? Explain.
b) What is had field manganese steels? Explain structure and properties of them. 7 Marks

9 a) Explain sintering process. 7 Marks

b) Describe the applications of power metallurgy. 7 Marks
(OR)
10 a) Explain about types of matrices and reinforcement. 7 Marks
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b) Explain CFRP composites. 7 Marks
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