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Physical Metallurgy - MATS4013
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Faculty: Faculty of Science
 
 
School:  School of Materials Science and Engineering
 
 
Course Outline: http://www.materials.unsw.edu.au/
 
 
Campus: Kensington Campus
 
 
Career: Undergraduate
 
 
Units of Credit: 3
 
 
EFTSL: 0.06250 (more info)
 
 
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 3
 
 
Fee Band: 2 (more info)
 
 
Further Information: See Class Timetable
 
 

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; Structure and properties of steels and nonferrous alloys.

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