Kallol Mondal

PhD (IIT Kharagpur)

Email: kallol[AT]iitk.ac.in

Office Phone: 0512-259-6156

Professor, Department of MSE

Specialization

Corrosion/oxidation behavior of metallic glass, nanocrystalline alloys, steels and Magnesium alloys, Phase transformations, Development of high toughness low cost steels, Nanoporous metal and ceramics template

Research Interest

Corrosion/oxidation behavior of metallic glass, nanocrystalline alloys, steels and Magnesium alloys, Phase transformations, Development of high toughness low cost steels, Nanoporous metal and ceramics template.
Research interests: 1.Thermodynamics of glass formation and kinetic analysis for the devitrification of glass
Solid-liquid Phase Transformations (Solid liquid interfacial energy, preferential growth direction for primary dendrites, Pseudo-isokinetic approach for determining kinetics of phase transformations.
Corrosion and oxidation behavior of amorphous and nanocrystalline alloys, Steels, magnesium alloys.
Development of new glassy compositions and mechanical behavior of bulk metallic glass.
Development of low cost highly tough construction steels.
Nanoporous metallic and ceramic templates

Education

PhD (IIT Kharagpur) 2005
Thesis Title:Thermodynamics and Kinetics of Glass formation and its devitrification and concurrent effect on oxidation and corrosion behavior of glassy and nanocrystalline alloys.
Thesis Supervisor:Prof. B.S.Murty and Prof. U.K.Chatterjee
M.Tech. (IIT Kharagpur) 1998
B.E. (B.E.College, Shibpur) 1995

Website(s)

Homepage

CV Video

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Materials degradation and prevention
Non-equilibrium processing of materials
Nature and properties of materials
TA 201 (Introduction to Manufacturing Processes)
Thermodynamics
Phase transformations and heat treatment

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S. Sharma, S. Sangal, K.Mondal, Influence of subsurface structure on the linear reciprocating sliding wear behavior of steels with different microstructures, (2014): Metall. Mater Trans. A (accepted).
S. Sharma, S. Sangal, K.Mondal, Reciprocating sliding wear behavior of newly developed bainitic steels, (2014): Metall. Mater Trans. A (accepted).
A.P. Moon, S. Sangal, Srivastav Simant, N.S. Gajbhiye, K. Mondal, (2014): Passivation behavior of modified ferritic-pearlitic railway axle steels. J Mater Eng Performance (Accepted).
A.Varsney, D.Verma, S. Sangal, K.Mondal (2014): High strength high carbon low alloy pearlite-ferrite-tempered martensite steels, IIM Transactions (Accepted).
K.D. Robles Arellano, L. Bichler, K. Mondal, R. Fong, (2014): Compressive creep behavior of spar plasma sintered 8 mol% yittria stabilized zirconia. Materials Science and Performance (Accepted).
M. Mandal, D. Singh, Gouthama, B.S. Murty, S. Sangal, K. Mondal (2014): Porous copper template from partially spark plasma sintered Cu-Zn aggregate via dezincification. Bull Mater Sci (Accepted).
M. Mandal, S. Sangal, K. Mondal (2014): Nanoporous Ag template from partially sintered Ag-Zn compact by dealloying. Bull Mater Sci (Accepted).
C. Chattopadhyay, S. Sangal, K. Mondal (2013): On the unavailability of universal glass forming ability criterion. In: IIM Transactions (Accepted).
C. Chattopadhyay, S. Sangal, K. Mondal (2014): Simulated isothermal crystallization kinetics from non-isothermal experimental data. In: IIM Transactions (Accepted).
C. Chattopadhyay, S. Sangal, K. Mondal (2014): Relook on the fitting of viscosity with undercooling of glassy liquids. In: Bull. Mater Sci, vol 37, 83-93.
K. Mondal (2014): Revisiting thermodynamic understanding of cathodic and anodic polarization. IIM Transaction vol 67 (2014) 197-201.
K.D. Robles Arellano, L. Bichler, K. Akkiraju, R. Fong, K. Mondal, (2014) Fabrication of novel (5, 10, 15 mol%) CeO2 + YSZ ceramic composites by spark plasma sintering. Canadian Metallurgical Weekly vol 53, pp 169-175.
A.K. Shukla, S.V.S. Narayana Murty, S.C. Sharma, K.Mondal (2014): Aging behavior and microstructural stability of a Cu-8Cr-4Nb alloy. J. Alloys and Compounds, vol 590, pp 514-525.
A.P. Moon, K. Kumar, K. Mondal (2014): Oxidation and Crystallization Behavior of Quinary Zr-based Bulk Metallic Glasses. IIM Transactions vol 67, pp 417-427.
K.D. Robles Arellano, L. Bichler, K. Mondal (2014): Compressive Creep Behavior of Spark Plasma Sintered La2O3-YSZ Composite. Ceramics International vol 40, pp 4231-4235.
M. Mandal, A.P. Moon, G. Deo, C. Mendis, K. Mondal (2014): Corrosion behavior of Mg-2.4Zn alloy micro-alloyed with Ag and Ca. Corrosion Science vol 78, pp 172-182.
K.D. Robles Arellano, L. Bichler, K. Akkiraju, R. Fong, K. Mondal (2014): Densification behavior of Spark Plasma Sintered La2O3-YSZ Ceramic Composites. Ceramics International, vol 40, pp 715-722.
A.K. Shukla, S.V.S. Narayana Murty, R. Suresh Kumar, K. Mondal (2013): Effect of powder milling on mechanical properties of hot-pressed and hot-rolled Cu-Cr-Nb alloy. J. Alloys and Compounds, vol 580, pp 427-434.
A.K. Shukla, Niraj Nayan, S.V.S. Narayana Murty, K. Mondal, S.C. Sharma, Koshy M. George, Srinivasa Rao Bakshi (2013): Processing Copper-Carbon Nanotube Composite Powders by High Energy Milling, Materials Characterization vol 84, pp 58-66.
A.K. Shukla, S.V.S. Narayana Murty, R. Suresh Kumar, K. Mondal (2013): Spark plasma sintering of dispersion hardened Cu-Cr-Nb alloy powders. J Alloys Compound, vol 577, pp 70-78.
Shukla, A.K., Narayana Murty, S.V.S., Suresh Kumar R., Mondal, K. (2013): Enhancement of high temperature ductility of hot-pressed Cu-Cr-Nb alloy by hot rolling. Mater Sci Eng A, vol 577, pp 36-42.
S. Sharma, S. Sangal, K. Mondal (2013): On the optical microscopic method for the determination of ball-on-flat surface linearly reciprocating sliding wear volume. Wear, vol 300, pp 82-89.
A.P. Moon, S. Sangal, K. Mondal (2013): Corrosion Behaviour of Newly Developed Railway Axle Steels. IIM Transactions, vol 66(1), pp 33–41.
A.K. Shukla, M.G. Samuel, R. Suresh Kumar, S.V.S. Narayana Murty, K. Mondal (2013): Effect of powder oxidation on densification and properties of vacuum hot pressed Cu-Cr-Nb alloy. Mater Sci Eng A, vol 561, pp 452–459.A.K. Shukla, S.V.S. Narayana Murty, R. Suresh Kumar, K. Mondal (2013): Effect of hot rolling on the enhancement of mechanical properties of low density Cu-Cr-Nb sintered alloy. Materials and Design, Vol 43, pp 125-133.
A. Misra, S. Sharma, S. Sangal, A. Upadhyaya, K. Mondal (2012): Critical isothermal temperature and optimum mechanical behavior of high Si-containing bainitic steels. Mater Sci Eng A, vol 558, pp 725–729.
A. Barman, C. Chattopadhayay, S. Sangal, K. Mondal (2012): Comparative studies of different methods for determining crystallization kinetics of metallic glass. IIM Transactions, vol 65(6), pp 565–570.
C. Chattopadhyay, S. Sangal, K. Mondal, A. Garg (2012): Improved wear resistance of medium carbon microalloyed bainitic steels. In: Wear, vol 289, pp 168–179.
G. Gupta, A.P. Moon, K. Mondal (2013): Passivation behaviour of nanocrystalline Fe80Si20 coating on mild steel in borate buffer solution. Bull Mater Sci, vol 36, pp 51-58.
A.K. Shukla, S.V.S. Narayana Murty, R. Suresh Kumar, K. Mondal (2012): Densification behavior and mechanical properties of Cu-Cr-Nb alloy powders. In: Mater. Sci. Eng. A, vol 551, pp 241-248.
A.K. Shukla, Nayan Niraj, S.V.S. Narayana, Murty, S.C. Sharma, K. Mondal, P.P. Sinha (2012): On the Possibility of Occurrence of Anisotropy in Processing of Cu-CNT Composites by Powder Metallurgical Techniques. In: Mater Sci Forum, vol 710, pp 285-290.
G. Gupta, M. Kumar, C. Chattopadhyay, K. Mondal (2011): Corrosion and oxidation behavior of Zr58Cu22Fe4Co4Al12 metallic glass. In: IIM Transactions, vol 64, pp 401-408.
S. Sharma, S. Sangal, K. Mondal (2011): Development of new high strength carbide free bainitic steels. In: Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A, vol 42, pp 3921-3933.
A. Moon, A.C. Vajpei, R. Balasubramaniam, K. Mondal (2010): Phase Analysis and Characterization of Rusts on Rail Steels. In: CORCON 2010, 23-25th September, Goa, India.
Y. Rawat, C. Gupta, K. Mondal (2010): On the estimation of the solid liquid interfacial energy of glassy alloys as a function of temperature and structure. In: IIM Transactions, vol 63, pp 787-791.
C. Chattopadhyay, S. Sangal, K. Mondal (2010): A relook at the preferred growth direction of solid-liquid interface during solidification of pure metals. In: Acta Mater, vol 58, pp 5342-5353.
S. Mula, K. Mondal, S. Ghosh, S.K. Pabi (2010): Structure and mechanical properties of Al–Ni–Ti amorphous powder consolidated by pressure-less, pressure-assisted and spark plasma sintering. In: Mater Sci Eng A, vol 527, pp 3757-3763.
K. Mondal, K. Hono (2009): Constrained and unconstrained room temperature plasticity of metallic glass. In: IIM Transactions, vol 62 (4-5), pp 403-407.
A.K. Pradhan, S.P. Gupta, K. Mondal, (2009): Effect of Zn concentration on diffusion induced grain boundary migration in Cu-Zn system. In: IIM Transactions, vol 62, pp 233-239.
G. Gupta, K. Mondal, R. Balasubramaniam (2009): In situ nanocrystalline Fe–Si coating by mechanical alloying. In: J Alloys and Compounds, vol 482, pp 118-122.
K. Mondal, A. Kumar, G. Gupta, B.S. Murty (2009): Temperature and structure dependency of solid-liquid interfacial energy. In: Acta Mater, vol 57, pp 3422-3430.
K. Mondal, K. Hono (2009): Geometry constrained plasticity of bulk metallic glass. In: Mater Trans (JIM), vol 50. pp 152-157.
K. Mondal, T. Ohkubo, T. Toyama, Y. Nagai, M. Hasegawa, K. Hono (2008): The effect of nanocrystallization and free volume on the room temperature plasticity of Zr-based bulk metallic glasses. In: Acta Mater, vol 56, pp 5329-5339.
K. Mondal, U.K. Chatterjee, B.S. Murty (2008): Oxidation Behavior of Binary Amorphous and Nanoquasicrystalline Zr-Pd and Zr-Pt Alloys. In: J Alloys and Compounds, vol 460, pp 172-181.
K. Mondal, B.S. Murty (2008): Determination of kinetic parameters for devitrification of metallic glass - a theoretical approach. In: IIM Transaction, vol 61, pp 319-324.
K. Mondal, G. Kumar, T. Ohkubo, K. Oishi, T. Mukai, K. Hono (2007): Large apparent compressive strain of metallic glasses. In: Phil Mag Letts, vol 87, pp 625-635.
K. Mondal, T. Ohkubo, T. Mukai, K. Hono (2007): Glass forming ability and mechanical properties of quinary Zr-based bulk metallic glasses. In: Materials Transaction (JIM), vol 48, pp 1322-1326.
K. Mondal, B.S. Murty (2007): On the Prediction of Solid-Liquid Interfacial Energy of Glass Forming Liquids from Homogeneous Nucleation Theory. In: Mater Sci. Eng. A, vol 454-455, pp 654-661.
K. Mondal, U.K. Chatterjee, B.S. Murty (2007): Oxidation Behavior of Multicomponent Zr-Based Amorphous Alloys. In: J Alloys and Compounds, vol 433, pp 162-170.50 K. Mondal, B.S. Murty (2006): Prediction of Maximum Homogeneous Nucleation Temperature for Crystallization of Metallic Glasses. In: J. Noncrystalline Sol., vol 352, pp 5257-5264.
K. Mondal, U.K. Chatterjee, B.S. Murty (2006): Electrochemical behavior of multicomponent amorphous and nanocrystalline Zr-based alloys in different environments. In: Corrosion Sci, vol 48, pp 2212-2225.
K. Mondal, U.K. Chatterjee, B.S. Murty (2006): Surface Oxides and Their Effect on the Oxidation Behavior of Amorphous and Nanoquasicrystalline Zr-Pd and Zr-Pt Alloys. In: J Mater Res, vol 21, pp 639-646.
Balasubramaniam, R., Mondal, K., Nigam, A.K. (2005): Dala Mardana—The Forge-Welded Iron Cannon in Bishnupur. In: Indian Journal of History of Science, vol 40.3, pp 295-319.
Mondal, K., Murty, B.S. (2005): On the Parameters to Assess the Glass forming Ability of Liquids. In: J Non-Cryst Sol, vol 351, pp 1366-1371.
Mondal, K., Murty, B.S., Chatterjee, U.K. (2005): Stress Corrosion Cracking Behavior of 8090 Al- Li Alloy in Chloride Medium. In: Corr. Engg. Sci. Tech., vol 40, pp 313-320.
Mondal, K., Murty, B.S., Chatterjee, U.K. (2005): Electrochemical behaviour of Amorphous and Nanoquasicrystalline Zr-Pd and Zr-Pt Alloys in different environments. In: Corrosion Sci, vol 47, pp 2619-2635.
Mondal, K., Chatterjee, U.K., Murty, B.S. (2004): Corrosion and Oxidation Behavior of Amorphous and Nanoquasicrystalline Phases in Zr70Pd30 and Zr80Pt20 Alloys. In: J Non-Cryst Sol, vol 334-335, pp 544-547.
Mondal, K., Chatterjee, U.K., Murty, B.S. (2003): Gibb's Free Energy for the Crystallization of Glass Forming Liquids. In: Appl Phys Lett, vol 83, pp 671-673.

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Corrosion of Al-Li (8090) alloy
Thermodynamics of Glasses and corrosion and oxidation of amorphous alloys
New glassy alloys and their mechanical behaviour
Corrosion and wear of Bainitic Steels, Cu-Cr-Nb precipitation hardened alloys
Development of low cost high toughness steels (TS : 1350 MPa and % elongation: 32%)
Development of nanoporous metal and ceramic templates

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PhD:

Mr. Abhinav Varshnay: Low cost high toughness construction steels
Mr. Bharat Bhusan: Porous amorphous alloys
Mr. Abhijeet P. Moon: Corrosion of raiway steels (thesis submitted)
Mr. Chinmoy Chatterjee: Thermodynamics of glassy alloys (Awarded)
Mr. Anoop Shukla: Cu-Cr-Nb alloys (Awarded)
Ms. Swati Sharma: Wear of railway steels (Thesis submitted)

M.Tech:

Mr. Manish Jain: Nanoporoous alumina template
Mr. Manish Mukund: Corrosion of Magnesium alloys
Mr. Somendu Monia: Mulri-phase spheroidal steels
Mr. Gourav Gupta: Corrosion of Fe-Si coating (Awarded)
Mr. Ajaya Kumar Pradhan: Grain boundary migration (Awarded)
Mr. Kuldeep Kumar: Corrosion of glassy alloys (Awarded)
Mr. A.K. Misra: Bainitic steels, mechanical and corrosion (awarded)
Mr. Suman Patra: Cu-Cr alloys (Awarded)
Ms. Madhumanti Mandal: Porous Cu and Ag templates (Awarded)
Ms. Monalisa Mandal: Corrosion of Mg-2.4Zn alloys (Awarded)
SqLdr G.P. Singh: Corrosion of IF steel (Awarded)
LtCdr. Manish Prakah: Machining effect on corrosion of mild steel (Awarded)
Ms. Poulami Mazumdar: Machining effect of oxidation of mild steel

+ - Professional Experience Click to collapse

Graduate Engineer Trainee: Dec. 1995-July 1996:, Laksmi Precision Screws Ltd, Haryana, Metallurgical Laboratory In-charge
Senior Engineer: Feb 1998-Feb 2001: Telco, Jamshedpur Foundry shop Shift In-charge
Senior research fellow: March 05-August 05; IIT Kharagpur; Stress corrosion behavior of Hastelloy in HF
Postdoc: Sept 2005- Sept 2007; NIMS, Japan; Development and mechanical behavior of metallic glass
Assistant Professor: Dec 2007-25th March 2012, IIT Kanpur; Teaching/research
Associate Professor: 26th March 2012 onwards; IIT Kanpur; Teaching/research
Visiting Associate Professor: Feb 2013-Dec 2013; Univ. British Columbia, Canada; Development of ceramics for Candu reactor

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National Scholarship Award from WBBSE in the year 1989.
National Scholarship Award from WBCHSE in the year 1991.
Teaching Assistanceship by IIT, Kharagpur for the year 2002-2003.
High Value PhD Fellowship from SRIC, IIT Kharagpur 2004-2005
Among the top 20% reviewer for Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A.
Abhijeet Moon, Best paper award in CORCON 2010. Paper title: "Phase Analysis and Characterization of Rusts on Rail Steels" Other authors: Vajpei, A.C., Balasubramaniam, R., Mondal, K. In: CORCON 2010, 23-25th September, Goa, India.
P K Kelkar Young Faculty Research Fellowship, 2012, IIT Kanpur.
Best poster award for the paper: "Corrosion and Erosion Characteristics of In-situ Ball Milled Atmospheric Plasma Sprayed Ni-Ti Coating on Mild Steel" Authored by A.P. Moon, A. Barman, C. Chattopadhyay, S.T. Anand, N. Balaji, Gouthama and K.Mondal, ADNAN 2013, Chennai 2013.

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Chairman of American Society of Metals (ASM) International (Student Chapter) Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur 2003-2004.
Secretary of the CRSMSE-2003 held at Kharagpur on 30-31 August 2003.
Secretary, IIM Kanpur Chapter, 2009-10.
Chief Coordinator, Inter-IIT annual sports meet (2009).
Correspondence of IIM Metal News, Kanpur zone (2013-continuing)

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Office

FB-WL113A,
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
IIT Kanpur,
Kanpur 208016

Office Phone: 0512-259-6156 (O)

Fax: 0512-259-7505

Labs addresses: Non-equilibrium Processing & Corrosion Laboratory

Labs phone nos.: 0512-259-7648

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+ - Keywords Click to collapse

Corrosion, Oxidation, Phase Transformations, Metallic glass