10-Met-A6 — Phase Transformations and Thermal Treatment of Metals and Alloys — National Exams, May 2016 — 3 hours — 8 questions printed, first 5 as answered are marked (all 8 answered below as a complete study resource).
Reference texts: Callister & Rethwisch, Materials Science and Engineering: An Introduction, 10th ed.; Porter, Easterling & Sherif, Phase Transformations in Metals and Alloys, 3rd ed.; ASM Handbook Vol. 4, Heat Treating; Krauss, Steels: Processing, Structure, and Performance.
Check: this paper's printed exam code is 10-Met-A6 and its printed title is “Phase Transformations and Thermal Treatment of Metals and Alloys.” Every question below is genuinely phase-transformation/heat-treatment content (interphase interfaces, precipitate-free zones and Zener pinning, annealing/recovery/recrystallization/grain growth, metastable precipitation and spinodal decomposition, nucleation mechanisms, Cu-alloy heat treatments, solidification supercooling and furnace design, Fe-C diagram heat treatments).
