10-Met-A6 — Phase Transformation & Thermal Treatment of Metals & Alloys — National Exams, May 2017 — 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 exam code (10-Met-A6) and printed title, “Phase Transformation & Thermal Treatment of Metals & Alloys,” identify it as a phase-transformation/heat-treatment paper. Every question below is genuinely phase-transformation/heat-treatment content (Fe-C diagram heat treatments, annealing/recovery/recrystallization/grain growth, TTT-based heat treatment routes, precipitation/spinodal decomposition, nucleation mechanisms, carbide/nitride solubility).
