Physical Metallurgy

3 credits · Undergraduate Programs

Various aspects of physical metallurgy. Topics include basic crystallography, phase diagrams and alloy theory, dislocation theory, point defects, diffusion, plastic deformation and dislocation behavior, surfaces, grain boundaries, and interfaces, work hardening and annealing, steel and steel transformations, and precipitation hardening. The concepts of alloy design and the physical basis that links the structure of materials with their properties will be introduced. Antirequisite(s): Credit for Mechanical Engineering 556 and 656 will not be allowed.