316-1,2: Microstructural Dynamics
Principles underlying development of microstructures. Defects, diffusion, phase transformations, nucleation and growth, thermal and mechanical treatment of materials. Lectures, laboratory. Prerequisite: 315 or equivalent.
At the conclusion of 316-2 students will be able to:
- Predict nucleation rates from thermodynamic data
- Describe where precipitates are likely to form in a multicomponent material
- Design processing histories to obtain a desired microstructure
- Correctly use and interpret TTT diagrams