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Syllabus

Classes

Twice weekly for 1.5 hours per class.

Text

Reed-Hill, R. E., and R. Abbaschian. Physical Metallurgy Principles. 3rd ed. Boston: PWS-Kent, 1992, 926 pp.


LEC #	TOPICS	READINGS


1	Introduction: Scope and Approach of the Subject.


3	Interface Structures and Energetics: Homophase and Heterophase Interfaces in Bulk Materials and Thin Films.	Ch. 6


4	Energetics and Kinetics of Substitutional and Interstitial Solid Solutions: Solute Segregation to Dislocations and Interfaces.	Ch. 9


3	Kinetics of Dislocation and Interface Migration, Emphasis on Solute Effects: Drag of Atmospheres by Dislocations and Interfaces.	Ch. 9


4	Recovery, Recrystallization, and Grain Growth. Effects of Solutes and Second Phase Particles and Pores on Recrystallization and Grain Growth. Effects of Particles and Interfacial Grooving on Final Grain Size.	Ch. 8 plus Refs. A


4	Equations for Nucleation, Growth, Spinodal Decomposition, and Coarsening: Stable and Metastable Phase Formation.	Ch. 15, 16 plus Refs. B


2	Strengthening Mechanisms in Alloys.	Refs. C


2	Structure: Property Relationships in Al, Ti, and Ni Based Structural Alloys.	Refs. D


2	Structure: Property Relationships in Hard and Soft Magnetic Materials and in Semiconductor Interconnects.	Refs. E