| TFYA21 | Physical Metallurgy, 6 ECTS credits. /Materialvetenskap/ |
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Prel. scheduled
hours: 44 |
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Area of Education: Science Main field of studies: Physics, Applied Physics |
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| Advancement level
(G1, G2, A): A
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| Aim: This course gives the essence of materials science and advacned surface engineering as well as the thermodynamic conditions for nanotechnology. The aim is to give an understanding and control of the structure of matter at the ultramolecular level and the relating of this structure to properties (mechanical, electrical, etc.). This includes phase transformations based on a thermodynamical description of the liquid and solid state. We study the more complex features of the behaviour of functional materials and materials in extreme states. Focus is on aspects controlled by atomic diffusion and crystal defects. The course is tangential to physical metallurgy, crystallography, and semiconductor technology, as well as continuum and atomistic mechanics of solids. A goal is also to learn about the design and processing of electronic device materials and construction materials engineering. |
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| Prerequisites: (valid for students admitted to programmes within which the course is offered) Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics, Physics of Condensed Matter Note: Admission requirements for non-programme students usually also include admission requirements for the programme and threshhold requirements for progression within the programme, or corresponding. |
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| Supplementary courses: Thin Film Physics, Analytical Methods in Materials Science, Nano Physics |
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| Organisation: Lectures and laborations |
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| Course contents: This is a fundamental course in materials science following an international tradition. It concerns different classes of functional materials including metals, alloys, semiconductors, ceramics. It further deals with the thermodynamics of binary systems,; Phase diagrams; Equilibrium in solid solutions; Metastable states; Phase transformations; Precipitation; Kinetics for grain growth; Crystalline phases; Polytypism; Defects in crystals incl. vacancies, interstitials and dislocations; Solutions and alloys. Atomic processes: diffusion; Multiphase materials; Microstructure; Nanostructure; Relationships between theory, materials synthesis and processing, structure/bonding, and properties; Elasticity; Plasticity and Fracture; Materials Design and Processing LABORATION 1: Metallography (identify phases and grains with the electron microscope) LABORATION 2: Fractography (CSI-Linköping for a day) LABORATION 3: Calorimetry (applied thermodynamics to create phase diagrams) |
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| Course literature: D.A. Porter and K.E. Easterling: Phase transformations in Metals and Alloys (Van Nostrand Reinhold, London). Lab-PM, IFM |
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| Written examination Laboratory work |
4,5 ECTS 1,5 ECTS |
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| The exam consists of 10 topical questions chosen from some 100 questions, which will be distributed and discussed already during the course. | |||
Course language is English. Department offering the course: IFM. Director of Studies: Leif Johansson Examiner: Lars Hultman Link to the course homepage at the department Course Syllabus in Swedish |
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