JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY HYDERABAD

Course Objective

The prime aim of this course is to understand the physical metallurgy,

properties and applications of light metals.

Course Outcome

Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to,

decide and select alloys required for structural, manufacturing, aerospace and other industrial applications.

UNIT - I

Aluminum alloys: Classification, Properties and physical metallurgy of Al-Cu alloys, Al-Mg alloys, Al-Zn alloys, Al-Mn alloys and Al-Si alloys. Ternary phase diagrams, Al-Cu-Mg alloys, Al-Si-Mg alloys and Al-Zn-Mg alloys

UNIT - II

Magnesium Alloys: Precipitation hardening in Magnesium Base alloys, Mg-Al-Zn alloys, Corrosion resistance of Mg-alloys

UNIT - III

Commercially Pure Titanium and its properties, applications, interstitial solid solutions of Titanium, Strengthening mechanisms of Titanium alloys. Alpha Ti alloys, Beta Ti-alloys, Alpha plus Beta Ti alloys, Ti-6Al-4V, Ti-8Al-1Mo-1V, Ti-13V-11Cr-3Al alloys

UNIT - IV

Zinc-base alloys: Classification, properties and applications

UNIT - V

Beryllium alloys: Classification properties and applications. Zirconium alloys: Classification, properties and applications

TEXT BOOKS:

• 1. Heat treatment, structure and properties of nonferrous alloys - Charlie Brooks, ASM Metals Park, Ohio, USA
• 2. Light Alloys: Metallurgy of the light metals by I. J. Polmear.

REFERENCES:

• 1. Introduction to Physical Metallurgy – S. H. Avner
• 2. Engineering Physical Metallurgy – Lakhtin
• 3. Metallurgical Abstracts on Light Metals and Alloys - Keikinzoku Shōgakukai, Light Metal Educational Foundation. 1999 R16 B.TECH METALLURGICAL AND MATERIALS ENGG.