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Title of the course

MM 207 :  Engineering Metallurgy     

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Credit structure

L          T          P          C

2           1          0           6

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Pre-requisite, if any

None

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Course content

• Basic Materials Science: Crystallography, phase diagrams,grain boundaries, dislocation movements and their effects on properties
• Material properties: Stress-strain relationships, Tensile strength, Toughness, Impact Strength, Ductility, Malleability,  Stress intensity, Fatigue
• Failure by Oxidation, Corrosion, Passivation, Selective Leaching
• Corrosion: Types, impact on material properties, prevention
• Other failure mechanisms: Stress Corrosion Cracking, Creep, Embrittlement
• Strengthening mechanisms: Solute Hardening, chemical hardening, dispersion hardening, cold working, strain hardening
• Aluminium alloys: Properties, phase diagrams and uses
• Copper alloys: Properties phase diagrams and uses
• Ferrous Alloys (Steels): Types, properties, iron-carbon phase diagrams.
• Material Selection: Ashby Charts

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Texts/References

Callister: Materials Science and Engineering: An Introduction, 6th Edition 

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Instructor(s) name

B.P.Kashyap