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II B.Tech II Semester Supplimentary Examinations, Aug/Sep 2008
MATERIAL SCIENCE FOR CHEMICAL ENGINEERS
(Chemical Engineering)
Time: 3 hours Max Marks: 80
Answer any FIVE Questions
All Questions carry equal marks
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1. Give the electronic configuration for the following ions: Fe2+ , Fe3+ , Cu+ , Ba+ , Br− ,
S2− . [16]

2. (a) Calculate the radius of the largest atom which could exist interstitially in FCC
lead without crowding.
(b) What is the coordination number of the interstitial site? [10+6]

3. How do you expect dislocation motion to be effected by grain boundaries? Explain.

[16]

4. (a) State the application and limitations of phase rule?

(b) What is eutectic point? Explain its significance giving an example. [8+8]

5. (a) Describe the transformation of austenite to martensite and compare it to

pearlitic and bainitic transformation.
(b) Discuss about the effect of alloying elements on the properties of steel. [8+8]

6. (a) Discuss the effect of cold work, recovery, recrystallization and grain growth
on the properties like tensile stress, electrical conductivity and ductility of
crystalline materials.
(b) Describe the phenomenon of grain growth and state the factors affecting grain
growth. [8+8]

7. (a) Discuss about the characteristic creep curves with a neat figure.
(b) Explain various mechanisms of creep.
(c) Write about dispersion hardening as an effective method of improving creep
resistance. [5+6+5]

8. Explain the following:

(a) Intergranular corrosion

(b) Stress corrosion
(c) Dezincification
(d) Crevice corrosion. [4×4=16]

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Code No: R05220804 Set No. 2
II B.Tech II Semester Supplimentary Examinations, Aug/Sep 2008
MATERIAL SCIENCE FOR CHEMICAL ENGINEERS
(Chemical Engineering)
Time: 3 hours Max Marks: 80
Answer any FIVE Questions
All Questions carry equal marks
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1. (a) Explain electron probability cloud of an s- orbital with help of neat sketch.
(b) Find the minimum uncertainty in determining the position of a particle, if the
uncertainty in its momentum ∆p is not to exceed 10−30 kg m s−1 . [8+8]

2. (a) What is solid solution.

(b) Discuss the similarities and differences between substantial and solid solution.
[6+10]

3. (a) What is dislocation climb?

(b) Explain jogs in dislocation.
(c) Explain Frank-Read source of dislocation. [4+6+6]

4. Draw Fe-Fe3 C phase diagram and label the various points, lines and areas in it.
[16]

5. What are the outstanding properties of nickel? Give one application and the reason
for selection of the following nickel alloys: Monel metal, Constantan, Hastelloy D,
Inconel, Hastelloy A and Hastelloy C. [16]

6. (a) Define shear modulus and bulk modulus.

(b) Discuss about the Young’s modulus as a parameter in design. [4+12]

7. (a) Explain how a fatigue fracture occurs and give examples of fatigue fracture.
(b) Suggest ways to improve the fatigue life of a component.
(c) Discuss about creep resistant materials. [4+4+8]

8. (a) Write about electrode potential, standard electrode potential of metals.

(b) Explain passivation and polarization in detail. [8+8]

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Code No: R05220804 Set No. 3
II B.Tech II Semester Supplimentary Examinations, Aug/Sep 2008
MATERIAL SCIENCE FOR CHEMICAL ENGINEERS
(Chemical Engineering)
Time: 3 hours Max Marks: 80
Answer any FIVE Questions
All Questions carry equal marks
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1. (a) State the different types of bonds and their characteristics. Describe them in
detail by giving examples.
(b) Define electron affinity and electro negativity. [12+4]

2. (a) Draw a two dimensional pentagonal lattice.

(b) Draw a FCC lattice unit cell. Connect the face centered lattice points (at
opposite ends of a cube body diagonal) and show that the result is a primitive
cell. [8+8]

3. The energy stored by strain hardening in a metal is 4* 104 cal/m3 . Given that
the shear modulus is 4* 1010 N/m2 , b= 2.8* 10−10 m and υ =1/3, calculate the
dislocation density. Assume that the edge and screw dislocation densities are equal.
[16]

4. (a) Define phase and phase rule.

(b) In a binary phase diagram (pressure omitted), what is the maximum number
of phases that can coexist for at least one degree of freedom?
(c) Give the number of variables and the degrees of freedom at the peritectic
temperature of a binary phase diagram. [6+5+5]

5. (a) Discuss about the metals used for high temperature service.
(b) What are the alloys and metals used in chemical industry? Discuss. [8+8]

6. (a) Define elastic deformation and anelastic deformation.

(b) Define shear modulus and bulk modulus.
(c) Describe the creep and stress relaxation experiments on a Maxwell element
and sketch the corresponding curves for both the experiments. [4+4+8]

7. (a) Explain how a fatigue fracture occurs and give examples of fatigue fracture.
(b) Suggest ways to improve the fatigue life of a component.
(c) Discuss about creep resistant materials. [4+4+8]

8. (a) Explain the mechanisms of oxidation.

(b) Assuming the oxidation of a metal to be controlled by the diffusion of oxy-
gen anions through the oxide layer, find the functional dependence of oxide
thickness x on time t.

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(c) Define Pilling-Bedworth ratio and give its significance. [8+4+4]

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Code No: R05220804 Set No. 4
II B.Tech II Semester Supplimentary Examinations, Aug/Sep 2008
MATERIAL SCIENCE FOR CHEMICAL ENGINEERS
(Chemical Engineering)
Time: 3 hours Max Marks: 80
Answer any FIVE Questions
All Questions carry equal marks
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1. How Engineering materials are classified on the basis of chemical nature and atomic
structure. Give characteristic properties, application and examples under each
category. [16]

2. (a) What is solid solution.

(b) Discuss the similarities and differences between substantial and solid solution.
[6+10]

3. Distinguish among the direction of the dislocation line, the Burgers vector and
direction of dislocation motion for:

(a) an edge and

(b) a screw dislocation. [16]

4. (a) Dendritic growths cannot be identified by an etching technique in pure mate-

rials. Why?
(b) Explain briefly various applications of phase diagrams. [8+8]

5. (a) Describe the time-temperature-transformation characteristics of the eutectoid

steel with a suitable diagram.
(b) Discuss about the effect of alloying elements on the properties of steel. [8+8]

6. (a) What is viscoelastic behavior? In which material is it commonly found?

(b) Explain the macroscopic models of Maxwell and Voigt-Kelvin used to describe
viscoelastic behavior of materials. [4+12]

7. What are composite materials? What are the different types of composite materi-
als? Describe each one of them. [16]

8. Explain the following:

(a) Intergranular corrosion

(b) Stress corrosion
(c) Dezincification
(d) Crevice corrosion. [4×4=16]

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