02-03-2021

National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli

Department of Chemical Engineering
BTech 2nd year (2020-2021)
Cycle Test-01

Maximum marks: 25
Time alloted: 1 hours 15 minutes (5:00 PM-6:15PM)
Course name: MATERIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Course Code: CLPE 16
Course instructor: Dr. Kartikeya Shukla

Note:
ANSWER ALL PARTS OF QUESTION AT ONE PLACE ONLY. SCATTERED ANSWERS WILL
NOT BE EVALUATED
 WRITE YOUR NAME AND ROLL NUMBER AT EACH PAGE OF YOUR ANSWER SHEET.
PAGES WITHOUT NAME AND ROLL NUMBER WILL NOT BE EVALUATED
 ASSUME ANY DATA/ FIGURE/TABLE IF MISSING
 Rename your answer script as “roll number” followed by “Materials”
 Late submission will lead to deduction of marks

1. Describe briefly with one application of each one: [1*5]

i) Macromolecules
ii) Biomaterials
iii) Branching in polymers, thermoset and thermoplastic behaviour
iv) Nanomaterials
v) Smart Materials

2. Describe bonding forces and bonding energies mathematically. How can they give us
information about the material from the graph. [3+2]

3. Explain directionality in chemical bond with examples. Describe Ionic coordination numbers
and how size matters in the stability of ionic bonding. [3+2]

4. Derive atomic packing factor for Body Centered Cubic by showing all the calculations.
Explain from relevant figure, how the coordination number for Face centered cubic is 12. [3+2]

5. Derive planar density expressions for FCC (100) and (111) planes in terms of the atomic
radius R. [3+2]
Draw following planes in a cubic unit cell of any four miller indices: