Group B
Heat treatment . Iron-carbon system. Annealing, normalising, hardening,. critical cooling rate, hardenability, age hardening, surface hardening, tempering.

Thermal properties . High temperature materials; materials for cryogenic application, thermally insulating materials. (Specific heat, thermal conductivity, thermal expansion).

Ceramic materials and polymers . Silicon structures, polymerism . in glass, electrical properties of ceramic phases, rocks, building stones, refractories.

Polymerisation mechanism , structural properties of polymer, thermoplastics, thermosets, elastomer, resins, composites, particles and fibre reinforced composite. Composite material including nano material.

Electronic properties . Magnetism, diamagnetism, paramagnetism, ferromagnetism, magnetic energy, zone theory of solids, zones in conductors and insulators.