RAJALAKSHMI INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

Kuthambakkam, Chennai-602107
LESSON PLAN

Faculty Name
Subject Name

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ENGINEERING MATERIALS AND METALLURGY

Year
Degree & Branch

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II
B.E. Mechanical Engineering

Code: ME 2253
Semester: IV

Objective:

To impart knowledge on the structure, properties, treatment, testing and applications of

metals and non-metallic materials so as to identify and select suitable materials for
various engineering applications.
Crystal structure BCC, FCC and HCP structure unit cell crystallographic planes
and directions, miller indices crystal imperfections, point, line, planar and volume
defects Grain size, ASTM grain size number.
Text Book(s):
1. Kenneth G.Budinski and Michael K.Budinski Engineering Materials Prentice-Hall of
India Private Limited, 4th Indian Reprint 2002.
Reference Book(s):
1. William D Callister Material Science and Engineering, John Wiley and Sons 2007.
2. Raghavan.V Materials Science and Engineering, Prentice Hall of India Pvt., Ltd.,
2007.
3. Sydney H.Avner Introduction to Physical Metallurgy McGraw Hill Book Company,
2007.
4. Dieter G. E., Mechanical Metallurgy, Mc Graw Hill Book Company, 1988.
5. O.P. Khanna , A text book of Materials Science and Metallurgy, Khanna Publishers,
2003.
6. Vijaya. M.S. and G. Rangarajan, Material Science, Tata McGraw-Hill , 2007

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Period/

No.

Hours

Unit

Topic(s)

Book

Book

Remar

No.

ks

UNIT I CONSTITUTION OF ALLOYS AND PHASE DIAGRAMS

1

1-2

5-6

7-9

1-2

II

3-4

II

II

10

6-7

II

11

II

12

II

Constitution of alloys Solid solutions,

substitution and interstitial
phase diagrams,
Isomorphous, eutectoid, eutectic
peritectic, and peritectroid reactions,

R
R

4
4

Iron Iron
Carbide equilibrium diagram.

Classification of steel and cast Iron,

microstructure,
Properties-applications.

UNIT-II HEAT TREATMENT

Definition Full annealing, stress relief,
R
recrystallisation
spheroidizing normalizing,
R
Hardening and tempering of steel.
Isothermal transformation diagrams cooling
R
curves superimposed on I.T. diagram,
CCR - Hardenability, Jominy end quench test
R
Austempering, martempering case hardening
R
- carburising,
nitriding, cyaniding,
R
carbonitriding, flame and induction hardening

2,3
2,3
2,3
2,3
2,3
1

UNIT V MECHANICAL PROPERTIES AND TESTING

Mechanism of plastic deformation, slip

14

1-2

III

15

3-4

III

16

5-7

III

17

III

and twinning
Types of fracture Testing of
materials under tension, compression and shear
loads
Hardness tests (Brinell, Vickers
and Rockwell), Impact test - Izod and Charpy,
Fatigue and creep tests

3,4

3,4

3,4

3,4

UNIT III FERROUS AND NON FERROUS METALS

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Period/

No.

Hours

Unit

19

1-2

III

20

3-4

III

21

5-6

III

22

III

23

III

24

III

Topic(s)

Book

Effect of alloying additions on steel (Mn, Si,

Cr, Mo, V, Ti & W) , stabiliser
stainless and tool steels HSLA - maraging
steels
Cast Irons - Grey, White malleable, spheroidal
Alloy cast irons
Copper and Copper alloys - Brass, Bronze and
Cupronickel
Aluminum and Al-Cu alloy ,precipitation
strengthening treatment Bearing alloys

Mg alloys , Ni-based super alloys &

Titanium alloys

Book

Remar

No.

ks

UNIT IV NON-METALLIC MATERIALS

26

IV

27

IV

28

3-4

IV

29

IV

30

6-7

IV

31

IV

32

IV

Polymers types of polymer, commodity and

engineering polymers
Properties and applications of various
thermosettig & thermoplastics PE, PP, PS, PVC
Properties and applications of various
thermosettig & thermoplastics PMMA, PET,
PC, PA, ABS
Properties and applications of PI, PAI, PPO,
PPS, PEEK, PTFE Polymers
Urea and Phenol Formaldehydes Engineering
Ceramics
Proprties & applicatios of Al2O3 , SiC , Si3 , b ,
PSZ & Sialon

Composites-Classifications-metal matrix &

FRP-Applications of composites.

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