MT308
Non-Ferrous Physical Metallurgy
Aluminium and its alloys; physical chemical and mechanical properties, classifications, heat treatable and non heat treatable types - structural features corrosion behaviour; cladding and other methods of corrosion protection.
Titanium and its alloys; physical, chemical and mechanical properties of titanium, effect of other elements on its properties, types of titanium alloys, microstructural features, properties and applications.
Magnesium and its alloys; structure, properties and applications of magnesium and some its alloys; metallurgy of magnesium castings; copper and its alloys, electrical conductivity as influenced by other elements, alloys for high conductivity
Lead, tin, zinc, antimony, silver, gold and platinum alloys, relevant phase diagrams and microstructural features, properties and applications
Creep resistant materials, structure-property relationship, high temperature applications, superalloys, application based on structure and properties, Tungsten and Molybdenum alloys.
TEXT BOOKS
1. Avner S. H., ‘Introduction to Physical Metallurgy’, 2nd Edition, McGraw Hill, 1974
2. Brick R. M., Gorden R. B, Phillips A., ‘Structure and Properties of Alloys’, McGraw Hill, 1965
REFERENCES
1. Polmear I. J., ‘Light Alloys -Metallurgy of the Light Metals’, 3rd Edition, Arnold, 1995
2. N. S. Stoloff and Sikka V. K., ‘Physical Metallurgy and Processing of Intermetallic Compound’, Chapman and Hall, 1996