Physical Metallurgy — GATE Metallurgical Engineering (MT)
Physical Metallurgy for GATE Metallurgical Engineering (MT): all 7 topics, with study resources and previous year questions for each.
Topics in Physical Metallurgy
- Materials Characterisation (GATE MT) — Materials Characterisation: X-ray Diffraction-Bragg’s law; optical microscopy; imaging and spectroscopy in SEM.
- Crystal Imperfections (GATE MT) — Crystal Imperfections: Point, line and surface defects; coherent, semi-coherent and incoherent interfaces.
- Diffusion in Solids (GATE MT) — Diffusion in Solids: Atomic models for interstitial and substitutional diffusion; volume, surface and grain boundary diffusion, Kirkendall effect; uphill diffu…
- Phase Transformation (GATE MT) — Phase Transformation: Driving force; homogeneous and heterogeneous nucleation; growth kinetics; solidification in isomorphous, eutectic and peritectic systems;…
- Solid-state Transformations (GATE MT) — Solid-state Transformations: Precipitation; eutectoid transformation, diffusionless transformations; precipitate coarsening, Gibbs-Thomson effect; glass transi…
- Principles of heat treatment (GATE MT) — Principles of heat treatment: Heat treatment of steels; time-temperature-transformation (TTT) and continuous cooling transformation (CCT) diagrams; surface har…
- Physical Metallurgy: Corrosion (GATE MT) — Corrosion: Basic forms of corrosion and its prevention.