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Phase Transformations - MATS4023
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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: 2
 
 
Fee Band: 2 (more info)
 
 
Further Information: See Class Timetable
 
 

Description

Theory of nucleation and growth of a new phase. Interface behaviour during solidification of single component systems. Alloy solidification - Interface stability and constitutional supercooling. Solidification by invariant transformation. Single crystal growth. Rapid solidification processing. Nucleation and growth of precipitates - age hardening. Spinodal decomposition. Diffusional and diffusionless transformations - characteristics; nucleation and growth; crystallographic aspects. Case studies.

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