JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY HYDERABAD

Course Objectives:

• To describe the basic principles of metallurgy and the importance of metallurgy in various discipline of engineering.
• Gain a thorough knowledge about heat treatment of steels.
• Gain knowledge about properties and uses of cast irons and non ferrous metals.
• Gain a working knowledge of basic testing methods for metals.

Course Outcomes

At the end of the course Student would be able

• To use and apply metallurgy in his own branch of engineering.
• The student will be able to justify the various testing methods adopted for metals.

UNIT - I

Introduction: Crystal structure and defects, Crystal structure of metals, Classification of steels, Carbon steels

UNIT - II

Heat Treatment of Steels: The Iron carbon systems, Common phases in steels, Annealing, Normalizing, Hardening and tempering

UNIT - III

Cast irons: Properties and applications of Ductile irons, Malleable irons, Compacted graphite iron.

UNIT - IV

Non Ferrous Metals: Properties and applications of Light Metals (Al, Be, Mg, Ti), Super alloys

UNIT - V

Testing of Metals: Hardness testing, Tensile Testing, Impact Testing, Fatigue Testing.

TEXT BOOKS:

• 1. Materials Science and Engineering, An introduction. WD Callister, Jr., Adapted by R. Balasubramaniam, John Wiley & Sons, NY, Indian edition, 2007
• 2. Introduction to Physical Metallurgy – SH Avner, TATA Mc GRAW HILL ,1997
• 3. Mechanical Metallurgy – G. E. Dieter

REFERENCES:

• 1. Engineering Physical Metallurgy and Heat treatment – Y Lakhtin
• 2. C. Suryanarayana, Experimental Techniques in Mechanics and Materials, John Wiley, John Wiley, NJ, USA, 2006
• 3. Foundations of Materials Science and Engineering – WF Smith B.TECH. MINING ENGINEERING