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MATLS 3T04

Phase Transformations

Undergraduate

Winter 2026 · C01

Readings

  • Etext Phase Transformations In Metals And Alloys - 6 Month Access
    Porter · Required
    ISBN 9781000467826; 9780367430344
Winter 2026 · L03

Topics

  • Significance of phase transformations.
  • Review of solution thermodynamics, regular solution model.
  • Use of the common tangent construction, Gibbs Thomson Effect.
  • Crystal interfaces, grain boundaries, grain-growth and recrystallization
  • Diffusion control vs. interface control.
  • Solidification.
  • Diffusional transformations. Spinodal decomposition, homogenous and heterogeneous nucleation.
  • Growth of precipitates. TTT and CCT diagrams. Age hardening.
  • Pearlite and bainite transformations.
  • Martensitic Transformation. Nucleation, growth. Martensite crystallography.
  • Tempering of martensite.
  • Review.

Readings

  • Phase Transformations In Metals And Alloys
    Porter, Easterling and Sherif · 4th · Required
    CRC Press · ISBN 9780367430344
  • Any edition is acceptable. The 4th edition is available at the bookstore for $71.95 (electronic) or $130.95 (soft cover).
    See source
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Topics

  • Molar Gibbs energy diagrams
  • Fundamentals of diffusion
  • Curved interfaces
  • GibbsThomson effect
  • Grain growth
  • Zener pinning
  • Homogeneous and heterogeneous nucleation
  • Solidification
  • Scheil formalism
  • Constitutional supercooling
  • Eutectic growth
  • Coarsening
  • Recovery
  • Recrystallization
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