UNSW Handbook Course - Physical Metallurgy

Physical Metallurgy - MATS4013


	Faculty: Faculty of Science
	School: School of Materials Science and Engineering
	Contact: Ferry,Michael
	Campus: Kensington Campus
	Career: Undergraduate
	Units of Credit: 3
	EFTSL: 0.062 (more info)
	Contact Hours per Week: 3
	Session Offered: See Class Timetable
	Fee Band: 2 (more info)

Description

Unit 1 Dislocations-
Deformation of metals. Atomic and molecular description of deformation. Introduction to dislocation theory and its application to mechanical properties.
Unit 2 Phase Transformations-
Solidification. Solid state transformations; diffusional and diffusionless transformations. Kinetics of phase transformations
Unit 3 Alloys-
Steels and nonferrous alloys. Development of microstructure.

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