ROEVER COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY

PERAMBALUR-621 220
DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
SERIAL TEST I
Year/Sem
:II / IV
Time
: 1.30hrs
Subject
: ME6403 Engineering Materials & Metallurgy
Max marks : 50
Date & Session:29-01-2015 AN
Reg.No:
Answer All Questions
PART-A
10X2=20 Marks
1. State Peritectic and Peritectoid reactions.
2. Distinguish between steel and cast iron. Also classify steel with respect to carbon
percentage.
3. Write the difference between Annealing & Normalizing.
4. What are interstitial solid solutions? Give an example.
5. Differentiate between stress relief annealing and recrystallisation annealing with regard to
microstructure.
6. What is triple point of water?
7. What changes in physical and mechanical properties occur due to annealing?
8. Define spheroidizing and Martempering.
9. Define solid solution and substitutional solid solution.
10. What is quenching? What are the stages involved in liquid quenching?
PART-B

2X15=30 Marks

11. a) Draw Iron-carbon equilibrium diagram and label all the phases.
b) Explain Hume Rotherys rule for the formation of solid solution.

(10)
(5)

12. a) i) Write in detail about the interrupted quenching process.

(8)
ii) Discuss about the operation, purpose and structure of various annealing process in
detail.
(7)
(Or)
12.b) i) Describe with the aid of a diagram the Substitutional and interstitial solid solution.(8)
ii) Explain Eutectic and Eutectoid reaction in detail. (7)

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