Metals I

course:

Metals I

type:

lecture + exercises

lecturer:

Faupel

semester:

WS

 

 

hours per week:

3

ECTS credits:

4

 

 

 

 

content:

1. Overview

2. The Atomic Bond and Structure of Metals

3. Alloys: solid solutions, intermetallic phases, important binary systems, multicomponent systems

4. Mechanical Properties: plastic deformation of single and polycrystals, twin formation, creep and superplasticity, fracture, alternating deformation and fatigue, solid solution hardening

5. Thermally Activated Processes: diffusion, electromigration and thermotransport, recovery and recrystallisation

6. Solidification of Metallic Melts: nucleation, crystallization in pure metals and alloys, eutectic solidification, cast alloys and metallic glasses, casting processes, solidification defects

7. Transformations in the Solid State: nucleation and growth of precipitations, spinodal decomposition, eutectoid decomposition and discontinuous  precipitation, martensitic transformation, T-T-T- diagram

8. Forming: mechanics and parameters of forming, rolling, extrusion, bending and shearing, drawing and deep drawing

9. Steels: alloying systems, transformations, microstructure and mechanical properties, engineering steel

10. Particle Hardened Alloys: interaction of dislocations with particles, precipitation hardening, Al and Ni based alloys, other examples, dispersion hardening, heat-resistant alloys

11. Corrosion and Wear

12. Powder Metallurgy

13. Physical Properties and Metallic Functional Materials: electrical and thermal conductivity of alloys, ferromagnetism and magnetic materials, shape memory alloys

 

literature:

1. P. Haasen, Physical Metallurgy, Cambridge

2. University Press, Cambridge (1996) K. Easterling,

3. Introduction to Physical Metallurgy, Butterworths, 1983
 

recommended:

Master 1st semester

examination:

written

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