Tutorial Assignment 3

NOTE: Draw neat sketches wherever necessary

1. Define the term supercooling/undercooling as associated with solidification.

2. Define the term “nuclei” as associated with solidification of a metal.
3. How is a finer grain structure obtained during solidification? Explain
4. Define columnar and equiaxed crystals as formed in an ingot mould casting. With the
help of neat diagram show schematically in transverse section, the different zones
produced in an ingot mould casting.
5. Differentiate between ordered and disordered alloy. Draw the unit cell of ordered CuZn
and Cu3Au lattices.
6. What are commercially pure metals?
7. What is pig iron and what is its composition?
8. How is commercially pure wrought iron produced?
9. State the various purposes of making alloy.
10. Define the term cooling curve. Draw the cooling curves for different degrees of
supercooling.
11. Distinguish between primary and secondary solid solutions.
12. Explain the Hume-Rothery rules of solid solution formation.