Physical Metallurgy-I
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The official GTU curriculum for Physical Metallurgy-I (subject code C4322101) as prescribed for Rubber · Semester 2 divides the course into 4 units, covering 10 listed topics. The unit-wise breakdown below is read from the GTU syllabus document for this subject code, so you can check what the course actually covers before deciding which papers to attempt.
Download the official syllabus PDF (C4322101)Unit 1 Structure of Crystalline Solids
- 1.1. Definition of metallurgy, physical metallurgy, Various branches of metallurgy
- 1.2. Structure of atom, Interatomic bonding in solids, Primary and Secondary bonds, Difference between primary and secondary bonds.
- 1.3. Concept of crystal, Lattice point, Space lattice, Crystal, Unit cell, Lattice parameter, Crystal system, Bravais Lattice Crystal structures - SC, BCC, FCC and HCP. Atomic packing factor, co-ordination numbers. Stacking sequences in SC, BCC, FCC and HCP.
- 1.4. Crystal directions and planes in simple cubic (SC), Miller Indices.
Unit 2 Imperfection in Solids
- 3.1. Difference between Metals and Alloys, Nucleation and Growth of crystal, Cooling Curves for Pure Metal and Alloy, Allotropic transformation of metal.
- 3.2. Solid Solutions – types, Hume Rothery rule
Unit 3 Equilibrium Diagrams
- 4.1. Basic terms: System, Phase, Number of components, Degrees of freedom or variance of the system, Physical Metallurgy-I Course Code: C4322101 Unit Unit Title Teaching Hours Distribution of Theory Marks R Level U Level A Level Total Marks I Structure of Crystalline Solids 10 15 05 05 25 II Imperfection in Solids 08 13 05 02 20 III Solidification of Metals and Alloys 08 13 05 02 20 IV Equilibrium Diagrams 10 15 05 05 25 V Metallography 06 04 04 02 10 Total 42 60 24 16 100 binary equilibrium diagrams with an alloy system. phase rule, Lever rule. Equilibrium diagram– classification and its uses.
- 4.2. Equilibrium diagram reactions Types of Binary equilibrium diagrams- Isomorphous, eutectic, eutectoid, peritectic, peritectoid systems
Unit 4 Metallography
- 5.1. Macro and Micro Examination Metallurgical microscope- Principle, Construction and Working Types of Metallurgical microscope- Upright and Inverted Microscope
- 5.2. Steps involved for metallographic specimen preparation
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