MU Mechanical Engineering (Semester 4)
Material Technology
May 2012
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Total time: --
INSTRUCTIONS
(1) Assume appropriate data and state your reasons
(2) Marks are given to the right of every question
(3) Draw neat diagrams wherever necessary


1 (a) Discuss the Normalizing heat treatment of Steel.
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1 (b) Draw a neat iron-iron carbide equilibrium diagram indicating all important temperature, phases and composition. Explain the slow cooling of an alloy containing 1.2% C Steel, when cooled from 1600°C to room temperature. Draw microstructure at each phase and calculate phases in the alloy at various points by lever rule from liquid state to room temperature.
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2 (a) What is work hardening? Explain the various stages of work hardening in detail.
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2 (b) What is retained austenite? Explain in detail the tempering process used to eliminate retained austenite.
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3 (a) Explain Slip mechanism of plastic deformation. What is Critical Resolved Shear Stress? Derive its expression for deformation by slip.
10 M
3 (b) What is Diffusion Coating? Discuss principle, process, chemical reaction, metallization process, advantages, disadvantages and applications of Calorizing.
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4 (a) Define Fracture and give a brief classification of fracture. State Griffith's theory of brittle fracture and derive Griffith's equation.
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4 (b) Explain in detail the Nitriding heat treatment process.
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5 (a) Define Fatigue failure. Give examples of components prone to fatigue failure. Explain the mechanism of fatigue failure. Also discuss the various theories proposed for fatigue failure.
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5 (b) Draw a neat and labeled microstructure of White Cast Iron, Grey Cast Iron, Nodular Cast Iron Low Carbon Steel and Eutectoid Steel.
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6 (a) Define Creep. Draw Classical Creep Curve. Explain each stage in details. Discuss the development of creep resisting alloys.
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6 (b) Give classification of alloying elements. Explain the effect of alloying elements on phase transformation temperatures in Iron, Iron-Carbide diagram.
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Write short notes on any four:-
7 (a) Annealing of cold worked metals.
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7 (b) Jominy End Quench Test.
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7 (c) Age Hardening.
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7 (d) Differentiate between Edge Dislocation and Screw Dislocation.
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7 (e) Properties of tools steels.
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7 (f) The Solid Solution.
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