After successful completion of the course, students are able to comprehend the materials presented in the lecture and to draw conclusions from them, as well as to actively communicate the contents presented during the lecture.
1. Introduction: Classifications of transformations.
2. Thermodynamics and kinetics: laws of thermodynamics, thermodynamic parameters, chemical potential and activity of elements, kinetics of transformations.
3. Diffusion: interstitial and substitutional diffusion, atomistic processes of diffusion and their macroscopic result.
4. Nucleation and growth from liquid-to-solid and solid-to-solid.
5. Solidification: planar solidification, dendrite formation, casting structures, specific eutectic solidification.
6. Ternary Phase Diagrams.
7. Phase transformations such as precipitaiton, spinodal decomposition, massive transformation, order-disorder transformations, and formation of equilibrium and non-equilibrium microstructures of steels.
8. Diffusionless transformations: the crystallography and kinetics of nucleation and growth of the martensitic transformation.
9. Recovery, Recrystallization and Grain Growth
During the semester, 4 partial exams take place. The overall grade is based on the achieved total scores. It is also possible to take an individua exam at the end of the semester (or after an appointment with the lecturer) over the entire course material.
The script (in color and English) is available at the first lecture, after that in the office of the institute (9-12 and 13-17 clock), Getreidemarkt 9 (building BE, 4 floor).
