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Materials Science and Engineering 543
Materials Structure III
Catalog Data:
Principles of structural transformations in materials. Thermodynamics and kinetics of nucleation, growth, precipitation, and martensitic reactions. Sp Qtr. Required.
Prerequisites:
MSE 342 and 525 or 542.01.
Time Distribution:
Three-48 minute lectures per week
Objectives:
- Ability to apply basic concepts of thermodynamics and diffusion to driving forces and mechanisms of microstructural transformations. ABET Criteria: 3(a)
- Understanding basic kinetics and morphology of nucleation and growth processes in solids. ABET Criteria: 3(a).
- Ability to apply concepts of transformation kinetics to practical microstructure-processing relations in materials. ABET Criteria: 3(a), 3(c), 3(e).
- Ability to find, interpret, and use material properties in computational models of transformation kinetics. ABET Criteria: 3(a), 3(b), 3(c), 3(e), 3(k).
Textbooks:
Physical Metallurgy Principles, R. E. Reed-Hill & R. Abbaschian, (PWS Pub. Co., Boston, MA 1994).
Topics/Content:
1.Microstructures by Transformation: Examples from various materials classes.
2. Chemical potential, phase equilibrium, and driving force
3. Structure, Energy & Mobility of Surfaces and Interfaces
4. Interface Migration by short-range diffusion
5. Grain Growth vs. Polymorhpic phase growth
6. Diffusional Nucleation: Energetics & Kinetics
7. Crystal Growth and Morphology (Example: CVD Diamond)
8. Overall Kinetics of Nucleation & Growth Processes: IT- Diagrams.
9.Applications of N & G Kinetics, and Processing-Structure Relations in:
9.1 Solidification, Morphological stability
9.2 Glass formation and devitrification (Example: Glass ceramics.)
9.3 Annealing: Recrystallization and Grain Growth (Example: silicon steels)
9.4 Precipitation in Solids (Example: precipitation hardening)
10. Sintering of powders: Driving Forces & Mechanisms (Example: fully dense Alumina)
11. Nondiffusional Transformations
Professional Component Content:
1.5 credit hours of engineering science and 1.5 hours of engineering design.
Design Component Content:
Students must learn and apply the principles of phase transformations in solids to a range of important technological problems. Students are given and opportunity to develop their technical judgment and scientific insight though homework and exams.
Relation to Program Objectives:
Students in this course learn and apply basic science and engineering concepts of structural transformations in materials (Program Objective #1). The homework assignments and examinations develop and emphasize computational and analytical skills (Objective #2). The subject matter of the course is central to understanding microstructure-processing relations in materials (Objective 2). The theoretical, computational, and practical aspects of transformations form a good foundation for students heading to industry or graduate education (Objective #4and 5).
Academic Integrity, Academic Misconduct
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Course-specific exceptions or amplifications to the departmental and university statements outlined above will be provided by the faculty instructor in writing, preferably as part of the course syllabus.
Note: Students should not request nor accept guidance on these matters from a teaching assistant, fellow student, or anyone other than the faculty instructor of record for this course.
Disabilities Statement
Any student who feels s/he may need an accommodation based on the impact of a disability should contact the Office for Disability Services at 614-292-3307 in room 150 Pomerene Hall to coordinate reasonable accommodations for students with documented disabilities. (URL: http://www.ods.ohio-state.edu/)
Advice on such matters is also available from the MSE department’s undergraduate adviser (1xx-6xx courses) and graduate coordinator (7xx-9xx courses) whose offices may be found in room 477 Watts Hall.
Megan Daniels, Undergraduate Advisor, (614) 292-3145, e-mail Megan concerning the MSE undergrad studies
Mark Cooper, Graduate Studies Coordinator, (614) 292-7280, e-mail Mark concerning the MSE graduate studies
