Physical Metallurgy

Type of study	Doctoral
Language of instruction	English
Code	653-0912/02
Abbreviation	FM
Course title	Physical Metallurgy
Credits	10
Coordinating department	Department of Materials Engineering and Recycling
Course coordinator	doc. Ing. Petra Váňová, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

Diffusion in the solid state - thermodynamics of diffusion processes, basic mechanisms, substitutional, interstitial diffusion; Fick's laws of diffusion - derivation, utilization; autodiffusion, diffusion in dilute solid solutions, interdiffusion - Kirkendall effect, Darken’s equation; channels of increased diffusivity; diffusion in non-isomorphic systems, etc.
Strengthening mechanisms in metallic materials - basic mechanisms - grain boundary strengthening, plastic deformation strengthening, precipitation strengthening, solid solution strengthening, role of strengthening reinforcement rolls in material design; advantages, disadvantages of individual strengthening mechanisms, etc.
Segregation processes in metallic materials - segregation phenomena, macroscopic segregation, dendritic segregation, micro-segregation at the grain boundaries, or micro-segregation in other interfaces; theoretical solutions, segregation in multiphase systems - competitive segregation, co-segregation, consequences of segregation processes.
Recrystallization in metallic materials and related processes - thermodynamics of recrystallization; basic stages of recrystallization processes, influence of decisive parameters on the process of recrystallization; preferred orientation, using of recrystallization processes.

E-learning

LMS Moodle

Literature

ABBASCHIAN, R., L. ABBASCHIAN and R. E. REED-HILL. Physical metallurgy principles. 4. vyd. Stamford: Cengage Learning, 2009. ISBN 978-0-495-08254-5.
HUMPHREYS, F. J. and M. HATHERLY. Recrystallization and related phenomena. 2nd ed. Oxford: Elsevier, 2004. ISBN 0-08-044164-5.
SMALLMAN, R. E and A. H. W. NGAN. Physical metallurgy and advanced materials. 7th ed. Oxford: Elsevier Butterworth-Heinemann, 2007. ISBN 978-0-7506-6906-1.
D. E. LAUGHLIN a K. HONO. Physical Metallurgy. 5th. ed. Oxford: Elsevier, 2014. .
HOSFORD, W. F. Physical metallurgy. 2nd ed. Boca Raton: CRC Press, 2010. ISBN 978-1-4398-1360-7.

Advised literature

TISZA, M. Physical metallurgy for engineers. Materials Park: ASM International, 2001. ISBN 0-87170-725-X.
LEJČEK, P. Grain boundary segregation in metals. Berlin: Springer, 2010. ISBN 978-3-642-12504-1.

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