Phelma Formation 2022

Phase Transformations - 4PMMPTRA

  • Number of hours

    • Lectures 10.0
    • Projects 0
    • Tutorials 10.0
    • Internship 0
    • Laboratory works 0

    ECTS

    ECTS 2.0

Goal(s)

Present the mechanisms of microstructure evolution in materials through solid state phase transformations

Contact Annie ANTONI, Fabien VOLPI, Alexis DESCHAMPS, Guillaume PARRY

Content(s)

  • Types of phase transformations
  • Thermodynamics of phase transformations
  • Mechanisms of nucleation, growth and coasrsening
  • Precipitation, transformations with migrating interfaces
  • Application to the main material classes


Prerequisites

Basic knowledge on thermodynamics : phase diagrams, Gibbs free energy, chemical potential
Basic knowledge on point defects and solid state diffusion

Test

Semester 7 - The exam may be taken in french or in english FR EN

Continuous evaluation : 1 multiple choice question during a tutorial session
Final exam : without documents except 1 recto verso sheet



Additional Information

Semester 7 - This course may be followed in french or in english  

Course list
Curriculum->Degree Advanced Materials (AM)->Semester 7
Curriculum->Internationals Cursus->Semester 7
Curriculum->SIM->Semester 7

Bibliography

D.A. Porter & K.E. Easterling, "Phase transformations in metals and alloys" , 3rd edition, CRC Press, 2001
R. W. Cahn & P. Haasen "Physical metallurgy. Vol. 2. "North-Holland , 1996

G. Kostorz, "Phase Transformations in Materials", Wiley-VCH, 2001

M. Durand-Charre , "La microstructure des aciers et des fontes - Genèse et interprétation", SIRPE ed., Paris, 2003 and "The Microstructure of Steels and Cast Irons", Springer, 2004

 I. J. Polmear, "Light alloys: metallurgy of the light metals", Gordon & Breach Sc. Pub., Amsterdam, 1997

M. Durand-Charre , "The Microstructure of superalloys", Springer, 2004

Philibert, J., A. Vignes, Y. Bréchet and P. Combrade, "Métallurgie, du minerai au matériau" , Masson, Paris, 1998