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OURSE INFORMATION FOR CURRENT SEMESTER/TERM

Teaching Schedule

References/Teaching Materi-
Week Lecture/Tutorial/Assignment Topic
als/Equipment
1 Introduction to phase diagram and phase transformations
Main Reference

2 Solidification – Homogeneous and heterogeneous nucleation,
Surface free energy and volume free energy, Critical radius Main Reference

3 Solidification - Solidification time, Dendrite growth, Grain
boundary Main Reference

4 Diffusion – Mechanism, Diffusivity, Steady state diffusion,
Fick’s law, Non-steady state diffusion Main Reference

5 Phase diagram- Gibbs free energy, Phase equilibrium
Main Reference

6 Phase diagram – Binary phase diagram, Gibbs phase rule, Iso-
morphous binary phase diagrams, Lever law Main Reference

7 Phase diagram – Equilibrium cooling, Non-equilibrium cooling, Main Reference
Binary eutectic systems with unlimited solid solution
8 Phase diagram – Eutectic structure, Eutectic diagram with lim- Main Reference
ited solid solution

9 Phase diagram – Intermediate phases and compounds, Binary Main Reference
peritectic and eutectoid systems

10 Phase diagram – The iron-iron carbide phase diagram Main Reference

11 Phase transformation- Basic concept, kinetic of phase transfor-
Main Reference
mations
12 Phase Transformation – Time-temperature-transformation Main Reference
(TTT) diagrams, Diffusional transformations.

13 Phase Transformation – Diffusionless transformations, CCT Main Reference
diagram
14 Phase Transformation –the Cooling curves of Martempering
and Austempering Main Reference

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