1. Specimen preparation for macro – examination.
2. Specimen preparation for micro examination and study of Micro structure of –
a) Carbon steel s(High, Medium, and Low)
b) Cast Iron (Gray, White, Nodular, Malleable)
c) Brass (70/30), Bronze (tin bronze), Al-Si alloy, cupro-nickel, Ti alloy.
3. Quantitative metallography – Estimation of volume fraction, particle size, size distribution, and shape.
4. Cooling curves
a) Pure Metal (Pb or Sn)
b) Alloy (Pb-Sn or Pb-Sb)
5. Heat treatments (carry out the following heat treatment and study the micro structure before and after heat treatments)
a) Annealing
b) Normalising
c) Quench Hardening
d) Tempering
6. Jominy End Quench Test
7. Foundry Sand testing
a) Sieve analysis
b) Strength of moulding sand
c) Permeability of moulding sand
d) Clay content of moulding sand
e) Moisture content of moulding sand
8. Electro-chemical Test
a) Electro deposition
b) Electro-chemical etching test |