Group A
Introduction to materials. Metal and alloys,ceramics,Polymers and semiconducting materials-introduction and application as engineering materials.
Defects in solids. Point, line and surface defects. Diffusion in solids.
Phase diagrams. Monocomponent and binary systems, non-equilibrium system, phase diagram and application in crystalline and non-crystalline solids.
Mechanical Properties. Tensile strength, yield strength, elastic and viscoelastic properties, creep, stress relaxation and impact. Fracture behaviour. Ductile fracture, Griffith theory, effect of heat treatment and temperature and temperature on properties of metal.
Deformation of metals. Elastic and plastic deformation, slip, twin, dislocation theory, critical resolved shear stress. deformation in polycrystalline materials, season cracking, Bachinger's effects, strengthing machanics, work hardening recovery, crystallisation and grain growth, cold and hot working.
Group B
Heat treatment. Iron carbon system. Annealing, normalising, hardening, critical cooling rate, hardenability,age hardening, surface hardening. tempering.
Thermal properties. High temperature materials. material for cyrogenic application , thermally insulating materials.(Specific heat, thermal conductivity, thermal expansion).
Ceramic material and ploymers. Silicon structures. Polymerism fraction in glass, electrical properties of ceramic phase, rocks, building stones, refractories.
Polymerisation mechanism, structural properties of polymer, thermoplastic, thermosets, elastomer, resins,composites, particle and fibre reinforced composite. composite material including nano material.
Electronic properities. Magnetism, dimagnetism, paramagnetism, ferromagnetism. magnetic energy, zone theory of solids, zones in conductors and insulators.
Recommended Books
1. L A Vanblack. Element of Material Science and Engineering. Addison-Wesley(Indian edition)
2.V Raghavan. Material Science and Engineering. Prentice-Hall of India (p) Ltd., New Delhi.
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