METE534 PHASE TRANSFORM. IN METALLIC SYSTEMS
| Course Code: | 5700534 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): | 3 (3.00 - 0.00) |
| ECTS Credit: | 8.0 |
| Department: | Metallurgical and Materials Engineering |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
| Level of Study: | Graduate |
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| Offered Semester: | Fall Semesters. |
Course Objectives
Classify phase transformations in the context of thermodynamics, mechanism and structure. Explain solution theory based on mixing of components and phase separation. Discreminate types of solid solutions and phases; interstitial and primary substitutional solutions, intermediate phases, electron and size factor compounds and ordered phases. Explain the kinetic and thermodynamic principles of solid state phase transformations such as spinodal decomposition, order-disorder, precipitation, eutectoid and martensitic transformations.
Course Content
Classification of solid state phase transformations; Solid solutions, intermetallic phases and order-disorder transformations; Precipitate nucleation, growth, coarsening and dissolution; Spinodal decomposition; Eutectoid transformations and coarsening of lamellar structures; Ferrous and non-ferrous martensite transformations: stabilization, thermoelasticity, reversibility, shape memory effect.