| NFYD76 | Materials Science, 5 ECTS-points /MATERIALVETENSKAP/ Advancement level: D | |
| Aim: The aim of the course is to give 1. A physical understanding of phase transformations with applications in materials science, physical metallurgy and materials technology. 2. Knowledge about modern analysis instruments and techniques for micro - structural imaging and chemical compositional determination. Prerequisites: Participation in Quantum Mechanics NFYD61, Solid State Physics NFYD62, and Material Optics NFYD77.Course organization: Seminars, laborations, and a field trip to an industrial laboratory for materials technology.Course content: Seminars: Crystal phases, structural defects in crystals. Solutions and alloys. Atomic processes; diffusion. Thermodynamics for phase equilibrium, phase diagrams, metastability, phase transformations, and precipitation. Mechanical properties of metals: elasticity, plasticity and fracture. Principles, construction and handling of instruments for structural and compositional analysis. Laborations: Light optical microscope. Scanning electron microscopy.Transmission electron microscopy. X-ray diffraction.Course literature: D.A. Porter and K.E. Easterling: Phase transformations in Metals and Alloys (Chapman & Hall, London). Laboration manuals, (Department of Physics and Measurement Technology, Linköping university). | ||
| LAB1 | Laboratory work. | |
| TEN1 | Written examination 3p | |