Question 1:
What do you understand by the term stainless steels? Provide typical composition, applications and properties, of all kinds of stainless steels. Why these steels are stainless? Discuss.
Question 2:
What do you understand by the term thermomechemical processing? Illustrate in detail. What are the advantages? Which super alloys are subjected to the thermomechamical treatment? Illustrate in detail.
Question 3:
Illustrate the various techniques accessible for degassing the dissolved gases from molten super alloys.
Question 4:
Illustrate in detail the typical heat treatment processes adopted to wrought super alloys so as to alleviate the structure sufficiently to generate optimized long time rupture properties.
Question 5:
What are the advantages and drawbacks of visual test technique? Illustrate.