Physical Metallurgy

Type of study	Follow-up Master
Language of instruction	Czech
Code	653-3003/03
Abbreviation	FyzMet
Course title	Physical Metallurgy
Credits	6
Coordinating department	Department of Materials Engineering and Recycling
Course coordinator	doc. Ing. Petra Váňová, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

- Diffusion in metallic systems – diffusion mechanisms, derivation of the 1. and 2. Fick´s law, interstitial diffusion, theory of random walk and mean quadratic replacement, substitutional diffusion – self-diffusion; impurity diffusion, inter-diffusion, diffusion in ternary systems, accelerated diffusion by imperfections of crystal structure.
- Mechanisms of metallic materials strengthening – plastic deformation strengthening, grain boundary strengthening, solid solution strengthening, precipitation strengthening, strengthening by phase transformation.
- Segregations in metallic materials – macro-segregations, micro-segregations grain boundary segregations including concurrence segregations etc.
- Restoration processes in metallic materials – recovery, primary recrystallisation, grain coarsening, secondary and tertiary recrystallisation.

E-learning

LMS Moodle

Literature

SOJKA, J. Physical metallurgy. Ostrava: VŠB-TU Ostrava, 2013. Available from: https://www.vsb.cz/e-vyuka/en
ABBASCHIAN, R., L. ABBASCHIAN a R. E. REED-HILL. Physical metallurgy principles. 4. vyd. Stamford: Cengage Learning, 2009. ISBN 978-0-495-08254-5.
HOSFORD, William F. Physical metallurgy. Second edition. Boca Raton: CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, 2010. .

Advised literature

SMALLMAN, R. E a A. H. W. NGAN. Physical metallurgy and advanced materials. 7. vyd. Oxford: Elsevier Butterworth-Heinemann, 2007. ISBN 978-0-7506-6906-1.
LEJČEK, P. Grain boundary segregation in metals. Berlin: Springer, 2010. ISBN 978-3-642-12504-1.
HUMPHREYS, F. J. a M. HATHERLY. Recrystallization and related phenomena. 2. vyd. Oxford: Elsevier, 2004. ISBN 0-08-044164-5.

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