SRI MANAKULA VINAYAGAR ENGINEERING COLLEGE

I-B.TECH / SEMESTER – II / MATERIAL SCIENCE

UNIT-I

2 Marks Questions

1. Define Primitive cell and unit cell.

2. Define bravais Lattice and space Lattice.
3. Define Atomic radius and coordination number.
4. What is meant by Atomic packing factor?
5. What are Miller indices?
6. Why X-rays are used for crystal diffraction studies?
7. What is the relation between lattice parameter and inter planar distance?
8. Name the various defects occurs in crystalline solids.
9. What are Frenkal and Schottky defects?
10. What is Burger vector.
5 Marks Questions
1. Prove that the atomic packing factor for FCC and HCP are equal.
2. What are miller indices? Explain how they are determined.
3. Explain point defects with appropriate diagrams.
4. Show that HCP structure demands an axial (c/a) ratio of 1.633.
5. Determine atomic radius and packing factor for FCC structure.
6. Explain screw and edge dislocation of crystal imperfection.
11 Marks Questions
1. Explain with a Neat sketch the unit cell structure, coordination number, atomic radius and APF
for FCC and HCP crystal systems.
2. What are Bravais Lattice? Draw the Unit cell and specify the lattice parameters for them.
3. Explain the Powder diffraction method for crystal structure determination. Mention their
advantages and disadvantages.
4. Explain briefly about a) Point defect b) Line defect c) Surface defect and d) Volume defect.
UNIT-II
2 Marks Questions

1. Define dielectric polarization.

2. What is dielectric strength?
3. What is polarization vector?
4. Define dielectric Susceptibility.
5. Define orientational polarization.
6. What is Ionic polarization?
7. Explain the temperature dependence of dielectric polarization.
8. Explain dielectric loss and loss tangent.
9. What is meant by internal field or local field in a dielectric material?
10. What are active and passive dielectrics?
11. Define Ferro electric materials. List down their importance.
12. What are pyroelectric and Piezo electric materials? Give examples.
5 Marks Questions
1. Derive an expression for electronic and ionic polarizabilities.
2. Explain the effect of frequency and temperature on polarization of dielectrics.
3. Derive an expression for local field or internal field in the dielectric for a cubic structure.
4. Deduce Clausius-Mosotti relation from local field or internal field.
11 Marks Questions
1. Explain different types of polarization mechanism in dielectric materials and hence deduce
Langevin Debye equation.
2. Derive an expression to find the internal field in a Dielectric material hence deduces Clausius-
Mosotti relation.
3. Explain Schering bridge method to measure dielectric constant.
4. Explain in details piezoelectric, ferroelectric and pyroelectric materials with their applications.
UNIT-III

2 Marks Questions

1. Define Magnetic susceptibility.

2. What is Bohr magneton?
3. What are diamagnetic materials? Give example.
4. Define Curie Weiss law.
5. Define Hysteresis loss or eddy current loss.
6. What are Retentivity and Coercivity?
7. Define energy product.
8. Distinguish hard and soft magnetic materials.
9. What are reversible and irreversible domains?
10. What are ferrites? Give Examples.
5 Marks Questions
1. Briefly explain the different types of energy involved in domain growth.
2. Discuss the Hysteresis in ferromagnetic materials.
3. Briefly explain the structure of ferrites.
4. Explain magnetic recording and readout of data in floppy disc.
11 Marks Questions
1. Write an essay about different types of magnetic materials.
2. Derive the expression for Curie Weiss law based on quantum theory of Ferro magnetic
materials.
3. Explain domain theory of Ferro magnetic materials on the basis of Hysteresis.
4. What are Ferrites? Explain their structure, properties and applications.
5. Explain the construction and working of CD ROM and MO recording systems.
UNIT-IV

2 Marks Questions

1. List down the properties of Semiconductors.

2. What is meant by operating temperature of a semiconductor?
3. Define Hall Effect and Hall voltage.
4. Write down the importance of Hall coefficient.
5. Define Super conductivity.
6. What is meant by transition temperature or critical temperature?
7. Define critical field (Hc) and critical current(Ic).
8. What is meant by Meissner effect?
9. Define persistence current.
10. What are High temperature superconductors? Give example.
11. What are elemental and compound semiconductors?
5 Marks Questions
1. Explain the properties of superconductors.
2. What are high Tc superconductors? Briefly explain 123 superconductors.
3. Describe Type I and Type II superconductors.
4. Explain the applications of hall effect.
11 Marks Questions
1. Derive an expression to find the intrinsic charge carrier concentration.
2. Derive the expression for Hall coefficient and also explain the determination of Hall voltage
experimentally.
3. What are Type-I and Type-II Superconductors Give Example also explain how their
magnetization varies with applied field.
4. What are High temperatures Superconductors? Explain the structure, Synthesis, properties and
applications of 123 superconductors.
UNIT-V
2 Marks Questions

1. What are the Characteristics of LCD?

2. What are liquid crystals?
3. What are Metallic Glasses? List their Properties.
4. How do nano materials differ from macro materials?
5. What is meant by nano phase materials?
6. What are one, two and three dimensional nano materials? Give Examples.
7. What are the different structures found in carbon nano tubes?
8. What are Shape memory alloys? Name their two different phases.
9. Define pseudo elastic and super elastic behavior of SMA.
10. Write any four applications of SMA.
5 Marks Questions
1. What are metallic glasses and how are they prepared?
2. Describe the properties of metallic glasses.
3. What are liquid crystals? Explain in detail the working of dynamic scattering and twisted nematic
liquid crystal display
4. Explain the synthesis of nanomaterials by nanolithography.
5. Explain Ball milling, PVD and CVD for synthesis of nanomaterials.
11 Marks Questions
1. Explain the two different display methods of LCD.
2. What are the different types of metallic glasses? Explain the Melt spinning technique for metallic
glasses also list down their properties and applications.
3. What are Carbon Nano tubes? Explain the Synthesis, properties and applications of CNT.
4. Explain the two different phase transformations in SMA. Also menthion the properties and
applications of SMA.