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Metallurgical Engineering _ APEGA_Exam Syllabus

The document outlines the syllabi and exam descriptions for Metallurgical Engineering, detailing compulsory and elective courses. Compulsory exams cover topics such as thermodynamics, metal extraction processes, and corrosion, while elective exams include mineral processing, non-ferrous metallurgy, and advanced electronic materials. Each course includes prerequisites and focuses on various metallurgical principles and applications.

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Metallurgical Engineering _ APEGA_Exam Syllabus

The document outlines the syllabi and exam descriptions for Metallurgical Engineering, detailing compulsory and elective courses. Compulsory exams cover topics such as thermodynamics, metal extraction processes, and corrosion, while elective exams include mineral processing, non-ferrous metallurgy, and advanced electronic materials. Each course includes prerequisites and focuses on various metallurgical principles and applications.

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Metallurgical Engineering Syllabi & Exam Descriptions

2010 Edition
Revised July 2011

Group A
Compulsory exams – Seven required

10-Met-A1 Metallurgical Thermodynamics


Phase relationships and phase rule. First, second and third laws of thermodynamics, enthalpy and heat balances, entropy, free energy, and
chemical equilibrium. Solution chemistry and solution models, chemical potential, relationships between phase diagrams and
thermodynamic properties. Thermochemical analyses of metallurgical and electrochemical processes. Computational thermodynamics.

10-Met-A2 Metallurgical Rate Phenomena (Suggested Prerequisite: A1)


Transport equations for momentum, heat and mass transfer. Thermodynamic and physical boundary conditions. Interphase mass transfer:
gas-solid, gas-liquid, liquid-liquid, and liquid-solid applied to metallurgical systems. Mathematical models. Radiation heat transfer: black and
grey body, emissivity and view factors. Heat transfer in casting processes: mould properties, continuous casting. Reactor theory applied to
metallurgical operations: mixed flow, plug flow, residence time.

10-Met-A3 Metal Extraction Processes


Principles of mineral processing: comminution, physical separation techniques, flotation, dewatering. Selection of extraction processes.
Hydrometallurgy and electrometallurgy including leaching, solution purification, solvent extraction, metal winning and refining.
Pyrometallurgical operations including roasting, smelting, converting and refining and refractory issues. Calculations based on flow sheets,
heat and mass balances. Environmental impact of processing operations.

10-Met-A4 Structure of Materials


Structure of metals (description of crystal structures). Analytical methods to determine structure including metallography, X-ray diffraction,
and scanning and transmission electron microscopes. Introductory dislocation theory. Elements of grain boundaries. Vacancies. Phases
and binary phase diagrams.

10-Met-A5 Mechanical Behaviour and Fracture of Materials (Suggested Prerequisite: A4)


Tensile response of materials. Elements of dislocation theory. Slip and twinning in crystalline solids. Strengthening mechanisms in metals.
High temperature deformation response of crystalline solids. Fracture. Elements of fracture mechanics. Cyclic stress and strain fracture.
Fatigue crack propagation.

10-Met-A6 Phase Transformation and Thermal Treatment of Metals and Alloys (Suggested Prerequisite:
A4)
Annealing of Metals (Recovery, recrystallization, grain growth, secondary recrystallization, and heat treatments based on these
phenomena.) Nucleation and growth processes and the solidification of metals. Solidification phenomena in metals. Nucleation and growth
kinetics. Precipitation hardening.

10-Met-A7 Corrosion and Oxidation (Suggested Prerequisite: A1)


Basic corrosion theory. Electrochemical corrosion theory. Metallurgical cells. Environmental cells. Stress assisted corrosion. Materials
selection. Protective coatings. Corrosion inhibitors. Cathodic and anodic protection. Oxidation.

Group B
Elective exams – Three required
10-Met-B1 Mineral Processing
Sources and nature of metallic and industrial minerals of importance. Comminution techniques, size classification. Hydrocyclones, gravity
and magnetic separations. Flotation: surface chemistry, reagents, analysis. Tailings disposal, water pollution control, closed circuit
operation. Plant design, process analysis and optimization.

10-Met-B2 Hydrometallurgy and Electrometallurgy


Unit processes of hydrometallurgy: acid, alkaline and pressure leaching., Thermodynamic and kinetic aspects. Pourbaix diagrams.
Purification of leach liquors by ion exchange, solvent extraction and selective precipitation operations. Solid-liquid separation techniques.
Principles of electrometallurgy. Recovery of metal values by cementation, electrowinning and refining from aqueous solutions. Electrolyte
preparation, cell potential, effect of additives. Hydrogen precipitation methods. Application of processes for the recovery of copper, nickel,
zinc, cobalt, gold and uranium.

10-Met-B3 Ironmaking and Steelmaking


Thermodynamics and kinetics of iron and steelmaking reactions. Direct reduction processes. Blast furnace operations. Chemical properties
of fluxes, slags and refractories. Converter processes and electric furnace steelmaking. Treatment of hot metal, ladle metallurgy including
desulfurization , deoxidation, inert gas and vacuum treatment. Continuous casting. Secondary refining processes including AOD, VAD,
VOD, VAR, and ESR. Analysis of new and emerging steelmaking technologies. Environmental control.

10-Met-B4 Non-Ferrous Extractive Metallurgy


The application of principles of thermodynamics, kinetics, and transport phenomena to the extraction and refining of non-ferrous metals
using pyrometallurgical processes. Production of copper, nickel, lead, and zinc from sulphides. Converting and flash smelting operations.
Production of aluminum and magnesium using fused salt electrolysis. Reduction cell operation. Production of refractory metals by
chlorination and purification. Recent developments in non- ferrous pyrometallurgy. Environmental impact.

10-Met-B5 Metal Fabrication


Fundamentals of solidification: phase diagrams, cooling curves, cast structures, solidification shrinkage, molten metal characteristics.
Casting methods including ingot casting, continuous casting, sand casting, die casting, investment casting, counter gravity, lost foam, mould
casting, squeeze and semi-solid casting. Hot working: hot rolling, extrusion, and forging. Bending and sheet metal operations: roll bending
and forming, shearing operations, stretch forming and drawing, hydroforming, and superplasticity. Powder metallurgy processes.
10-Met-B6 Physical Metallurgy of Iron and Steel
Iron-Carbon alloys (Fe-Fe3C alloys system and isothermal transformation of austenite to ferrite and cementite and martensite, annealing
and normalizing, cold working and process annealing, tempering, austempering and martempering). Carbon steels including microalloyed
steels. Alloy steels. Stainless steels. Cast irons. Tool steels. Surface hardening and modification.

10-Met-B7 Physical Metallurgy of Non-Ferrous Metals and Alloys


Aluminum and its alloys. Copper and its alloys. Titanium and its alloys. Nickel and Cobalt alloys. Magnesium and Zinc alloys. refractory
metals and alloys and structural intermetallics.

10-Met-B8 Ceramic Materials


Bonding in ceramics. Ceramic structures. Effect of chemical forces and structure on physical properties. Defects in ceramics. Diffusion and
electrical conductivity. Phase equilibria. Sintering and grain growth. Mechanical properties: fast fracture, creep, slow crack growth and
fatigue. Thermal stresses and thermal properties. Dielectric properties.

10-Met-B9 Structure and Properties of Polymers


Chain architecture: chain dimensions, Gaussian segment density distribution, polymer conformation. Molar mass determination: osmometry,
light scattering, gel permeation, chromatography, capillary viscometry. Polymer phase equilibria: solvent quality, polymer blending. Polymer
structure/transitions: melting and glass transition temperatures, free volume. Crystallization: crystal structure, fractional crystallinity.
Mechanical properties: testing methods, compliance, viscoelasticity, dynamic testing, time-temperature superposition, mastercurve, rubber
elasticity, crazing. Polymer flow properties: viscosity, rheology, shear thinning, analysis of flow fields. Polymer processing techniques.

10-Met-B10 Advanced Electronic Materials


Band theory: energy levels in solids, effective mass, Fermi-Dirac statistics. Semiconductors: doping, activation, diffusion, P-n junctions, and
solar cells. Dielectrics and polarization: capacitance, dielectric materials, Lorentz field, dielectric breakdown, piezoelectricity, ferroelectricity
and pyroelectricity. Magnetism: field intensity, permeability, exchange interaction, saturation magnetization, magnetic domains and
anisotropy, hysteresis loop. Superconductivity: Meissner effect, superconducting materials, critical field and current density, BCS theory.
Metals: contact potential, Seebeck and thermocouple effect, thermoelectrics, electromigration.

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