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 Alexis DESCHAMPSContent(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
Semester 7 - The exam may be taken in french or in english
Semester 7 - This course may be followed in french or in english
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