ANNA UNIVERSITY, CHENNAI
AFFILIATED INSTITUTIONS
B.E. MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
REGULATIONS – 2017
CHOICE BASED CREDIT SYSTEM

PH8251 MATERIALS SCIENCE

(Common to courses offered in Faculty of Mechanical Engineering Except B.E. Materials Science and Engineering )

UNIT I PHASE DIAGRAMS

Hume Rothery’s rules

Eutectic phase diagram

Free energy composition curves for binary systems

UNIT II FERROUS ALLOYS

Effect of alloying elements

Fick’s laws

Steels

UNIT III MECHANICAL PROPERTIES

Strengthening methods

Griffith criterion

Rockwell and Brinell hardness

UNIT IV MAGNETIC, DIELECTRIC AND SUPERCONDUCTING MATERIALS

Domain theory

Debye equation

Superconducting Materials and their properties.

UNIT V NEW MATERIALS

Types and applications of ceramics

Applications of shape memory alloys

Properties and applications of carbon nano tubes