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Title of the course

MM 212 :? Metallography and Structural?Characterization Lab.

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Credit structure

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Pre-requisite, if any

None

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Course content

Techniques of specimen preparation for metallography: grinding, mechanical polishing, electropolishing, etching.? Etchants for various alloys.? Metallographic sample preparation of ferrous and nonferrous specimens for optical microscopy.? Microstructural examination and identification of phases in various ferrous and nonferrous alloys.? Quantitative metallography.? Indexing of powder X-Ray diffraction patterns.? Demonstrations of thermal analysis and SEM & EDAX.

Experiments in Metallography Lab: Preparation of metallographic samples; Quantitative metallography; Observation of microstructures of standard ferrous and nonferrous samples; Powder XRD – indexing of diffraction peaks; Thermal Analysis; SEM & EDAX

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Texts/References

G.F. Vander Voort, Metallography – Principles and Practice, McGraw-Hill, New York, 1984.

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Metals Handbook, Vol. 9, Metallography and Microstructures, ASM, Ohio, USA, 1985.

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Instructor(s) name

Prof. N.Prabhu and Prof. S.Vittha

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