P.

CODE:41005 R07 SET- 1

JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY HYDERABAD

I .B.TECH - SUPPLEMENTARY EXAMINATIONS DECEMBER- 2009
ENGINEERING PHYSICS
(Common to CE, ME, CHEM, MCT, MMT, MEP, AE & AME)
Time: 3hours Max.Marks:80
Answer any FIVE questions
All questions carry equal marks
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1 (a) What is interference of light? What are the conditions necessary for obtaining
interference fringes?
(b) Derive an expression for the radius of the nth bright ring in the case of Newton’s
rings. Explain why the center of the Newton’s rings is dark in the reflected
system?
(c) The diameter of the tenth bright ring in a Newton’s rings experiment changes
from1.40 cm to 1.27 cm when a liquid is introduced between the lens and plate.
Find the refractive index of the liquid. [4+8+4]

2 (a) Explain the different methods by which ultrasonics can be generated.

(b) Discuss the important physical properties of ultrasonic waves.
(c) The velocity of an ultrasonic beam in a medium is 350 m/sec. If the frequency
is 5 MHz, find wavelength of the beam. [8+6+2]

3 (a) Explain the terms: (i) magnetic induction, (ii) magnetic susceptibility,
(iii) permeability of a medium and (iv) intensity of magnetization.
(b) What is hysterisis curve? Explain.
(c) A magnetic material has a magnetization of 3300 amp/m, and flux density of
0.0044 weber/sq.m. Calculate the magnetizing force and the relative permeability
of the material. [6+6+4]

4 (a) Explain the terms used in crystallography: (i) primitive cell, (ii) lattice parameters
and (iii) packing factor.
(b) Derive an expression for the interplanar spacing in the case of a cubic structure.
(c) X-rays of wavelength of 0.155 nm are diffracted by (1 1 1 ) planes in a crystal
at an angle of 30° in the first order. Calculate the inter atomic spacing. [4+8+4]

5 (a) Explain the various pumping mechanisms that are adopted in lasers.
(b) Discuss the essential features of a laser beam.
(c) Explain the uses of lasers in industry and medical fields. [6+4+6]

6 (a) Derive the expressions for (i) acceptance angle and (ii) numerical aperture of an
optical fiber.
(b) Describe different types of fibers by giving the refractive index profiles and
propagation details. [8+8]

7 (a) Describe various mechanisms of electric polarization in a dielectric medium.

(b) Distinguish between ferroelectric materials and piezoelectric materials. [8+8]

8 (a) What are nanomaterials? Why do they exhibit different properties?

(b) What are carbon nanotubes? Describe the methods of production of various types
of carbon nanotubes. [6+10]

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P.CODE:41005 R07 SET- 2

JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY HYDERABAD

I .B.TECH - SUPPLEMENTARY EXAMINATIONS DECEMBER- 2009
ENGINEERING PHYSICS
(Common to CE, ME, CHEM, MCT, MMT, MEP, AE & AME)
Time: 3hours Max.Marks:80
Answer any FIVE questions
All questions carry equal marks
---

1 (a) What is the difference between polarized and unpolarized light?

(b) Describe, in detail, the different methods to produce polarized light.
(c) Describe the construction of a nicol prism. [2+8+6]

2 (a) Write the properties of ultrasonic waves.

(b) What is piezoelectric effect? Explain with neat sketch the construction and
production of ultrasonic waves using piezoelectric oscillator.
(c) For a quartz crystal of length 0.05 m, calculate the fundamental frequency of
oscillation in a piezoelectric oscillator if the velocity of longitudinal waves in the
crystal is 5.5 km/sec. [4+8+4]

3 (a) What is Meissner effect? Explain.

(b) Describe the difference between Type-I and Type-II superconductors.
(c) The critical field for niobium is 1 × 105 amp/m at 8 K and 2 × 105 amp/m at absolute
zero. Find the transition temperature of the element. [6+6+4]

4 (a) What do you understand by Miller indices of a crystal plane?

(b) Show that in a cubic crystal the spacing between consecutive parallel planes of
Miller indices (h k l) is given by d = a (h2 + k2 + l2)-1/2
(c) NaCl crystals have FCC structure. The density of NaCl is 2.18 gm/cm2. Calculate
the distance between two adjacent atoms. (Molecular weight of NaCl = 58.5)
[4+8+4]

5 (a) Distinguish between spontaneous emission of radiation and stimulated emission of

radiation.
(b) Explain the following terms: (i) population inversion and (ii) pumping.
(c) Describe with a neat sketch, the construction and working of a ruby laser. [4+6+6]

6 (a) Write short notes on the following: (i) acceptance angle, (ii) numerical aperture,
(iii) step index fiber and (iv) graded index fiber.
(b) Describe the working of fiber optic communication system and its advantages.
[8+8]
7 (a) What is meant by polarization of a dielectric material? Describe the different
mechanisms of polarization in a dielectric.
(b) How ferroelectrics are different from ordinary dielectrics. [10+6]

8 (a) Write the physical and chemical properties of nanomaterials.

(b) Describe the different types of carbon nanotubes. [10+6]

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P.CODE:41005 R07 SET- 3

JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY HYDERABAD

I .B.TECH - SUPPLEMENTARY EXAMINATIONS DECEMBER- 2009
ENGINEERING PHYSICS
(Common to CE, ME, CHEM, MCT, MMT, MEP, AE & AME)
Time: 3hours Max.Marks:80
Answer any FIVE questions
All questions carry equal marks
---

1 (a) Explain the terms (i) constructive interference and (ii) destructive interference.
(b) Derive the condition for the maxima and minima in the Young’s experiment.
(c) When the Young’s experiment was done with blue light of 436 nm, the distance
between two successive dark fringes was found to be 1.05 mm. If the distance
between the sources and the screen is 1.40 m, calculate the distance between the
two slits. [5+7+4]

2 (a) Define the term ‘reverberation’? What is reverberation time?

(b) Describe any two methods by which the sound absorption coefficient of a material
can be determined.
(c) A hall of volume 85000 m3 is found to have a reverberation time of 2.2 sec. If
the area of the sound absorbing surface is 7500 m2, calculate the average sound
absorption coefficient. [4+8+4]

3 (a) Explain the terms (i) magnetic flux density, (ii) magnetic field strength,
(iii) magnetization and (iv) magnetic susceptibility. How they are related to each
other?
(b) What are hard and soft magnetic materials? Give their characteristic properties
and applications.
(c) A paramagnetic material has a magnetic field intensity of 104 amp/m. If the
susceptibility of the material at room temperature is 3.7 × 10-3. Calculate the
magnetization and flux density of the material. [6+6+4]

4 (a) Describe, in detail, the three-dimensional Bravais lattices.

(b) What is Bragg’s law of X-ray diffraction? Explain. [10+6]

5 (a) Write a brief notes on ‘Einstein’s coefficients’.

(b) Describe the construction and working of CO2 laser. How is it different from
He-Ne laser?
(c) Write the applications of lasers in industry. [4+8+4]

6 (a) Explain the principle behind the functioning of an optical fiber.

(b) Derive an expression for acceptance angle of an optical fiber. How it is related to
numerical aperture?
(c) An optical fiber has a numerical aperture of 0.20 and a cladding refractive index of
1.59. Find the acceptance angle for the fiber in water which has a refractive index
of 1.33. [4+8+4]

7 (a) Derive an expression for heat capacity of solids on the basis of Einstein’s model.
What are the chief merits an demerits of this model?
(b) Write short notes on (i) lattice vibrations and (ii) thermal conductivity. [10+6]

8 (a) Describe the various processes by which nanomaterials are fabricated.

(b) Write the important applications of nanomaterials. [10+6]

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P.CODE:41005 R07 SET-4

JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY HYDERABAD

I .B.TECH - SUPPLEMENTARY EXAMINATIONS DECEMBER- 2009
ENGINEERING PHYSICS
(Common to CE, ME, CHEM, MCT, MMT, MEP, AE & AME)
Time: 3hours Max.Marks:80
Answer any FIVE questions
All questions carry equal marks
---

1 (a) In what way interference and diffraction are similar? In what way they are
different?
(b) Write the theory of Fraunhofer diffraction due to multiple number of parallel
slits.
(c) A parallel beam of monochromatic light is incident normally on a plane diffraction
grating having 6000 lines per cm. Calculate the angular separation between the
two lines of wavelengths 589 nm and 592 nm in the second order. [4+8+4]

2 (a) What is reverberation time? Derive Sabine’s formula for the determination of
reverberation time.
(b) Explain various factors affecting architectural acoustics and their remedies.
(c) A cinema hall has a volume of 7500 m3. What should be the total absorption in
the hall if the reverberation time of 1.5 seconds is to be maintained? [6+6+4]

3 (a) How are ‘superconductors’ classified? Explain their properties.

(b) What is Meissner effect? Explain.
(c) Write notes on the applications of superconducting materials. [6+4+6]

4 (a) Explain, in detail, the terms (i) space lattice, (ii) unit cell, (iii) coordination number
and (iv) Miller indices.
(b) Show that the face centered cubic structure possesses maximum packing density
among the cubic structures.
(c) Draw the (1 1 2), (1 2 0), (3 2 1) and (0 1 0) crystal planes of simple cubic
crystal. [6+6+4]

5 (a) Explain the following: (i) life time of energy level, (ii) optical pumping processes
and (iii) metastable state.
(b) Distinguish between spontaneous and stimulated emission processes of light.
(c) Explain the uses of lasers in scientific and medical fields. [6+4+6]

6 (a) Derive the expression for the acceptance angle of an optical fiber.
(b) Write notes on attenuation in optical fibers.
(c) A step index fiber has a numerical aperture of 0.16, a core refractive index of
1.45. Calculate the refractive index of cladding and the acceptance angle of the
fiber. [6+6+4]

7 (a) Discuss the reasons for the failure of Dulong and Petit’s law in predicting the
specific heat of a solid at low temperature.
(b) Derive an expression for the specific heat of a solid on the basis of quantum
theory. [6+10]

8 (a) Write the physical and chemical properties of nanomaterials.

(b) Describe the important applications of nanotechnology. [10+6]

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