WEEK

TOPIC
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Introduction: Materials (Processing, microstructure and properties)
Metals

1-6

Characteristics and applications of common metals

Structures of metals
Metallic alloys and phase diagrams
Case studies in phase diagrams
Driving force for structural change
Kinetics of structural change (diffusive & displacive/diffusionless)
Case studies in phase transformation
Light alloys and their (solution, precipitation & work) hardening
Steels and their heat treatment and properties
Case studies in steels

Reference
CES

Chs 1-14,
16.3/4

6-8

Ceramics Introduction on ceramics

Ceramic structures
Mechanical properties of ceramics
Case studies in ceramics

Chs 17-19, 21

9-10

Polymers Polymers and polymer structures

Mechanical properties of polymers
Case studies in polymers

Chs 23-25, 27

10-11

11-12

Composites Mechanical of properties of composites

Wood structures and properties
Case studies in composites
Material Selection
Material selection strategies
Material dependence & resource consumption
The materials life cycle
Eco-informed material selection

Note: Fracture mechanics & failure analysis 4th yr paper

Chs 28-30

CES

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Chapter 09 - Kinetics 3--Displacive

Transformations
Heat Treatment of Steels
Austenitizing Quenching Tempering
M (& retained ) +Fe3C (& retained M &
precipitation of carbides of Cr, Ni, Co, Mo, W, etc for hardening)
Hardenability ability of an alloy to form martensite
M is diffusionless transformation

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Fig. 7.6 v TS/L during solidification

2/
=

Figure 8.1 Homogenous nucleation rate

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Figure 9.1 Diffusive fcc bcc Fe

910

908

910

908

2/
=

914 + 273
914 910
914 + 273
914 908

= 1.53 = 3.4
Figure 9.1 Diffusive fcc bcc Fe, vs

Then if 910
100 atoms, 908
30 atoms
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Figure 9.4

Figure 9.5 TTT of fcc to bcc Fe

Figure 9.3 Growth of bcc Fe from fcc Fe
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Figure 9.6

>

( )

Figure 9.7

105

/, no fcc bcc,

but to martensite
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Figure 9.8 Growth with least distortion

Figure 9.9 bcc martensite

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Figure 9.10 fcc bcc in Fe

> ( ) 105 C/, no fcc bcc

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> ( )c 200 C/, no fcc bcc

Figure 9.11 fcc bcc in Fe-0.8C

Figure 9.12 Body-centered Tetragonal

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Martensite

Diffusionless transformation of if quenched rapidly enough, C diffusion

prevented, forming a nonequilibrium phase (martensite).
FCC body-centred tetragonal (can be viewed close to bcc)
C atoms strain the lattice tremendously (hence very hard)

Figs. P19.13/10.12 Martensite transformation: -FCC, (b) -tetragonal, (c) M-tetragonal,

(d) BCC. Right: martensite & retained austenite.
Ass 2.1 & 2.2

Textbook Example 9.3 & 9.5

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