Inorganic materials - Synthesis and characterization part 1

The first part of the module will present metals and alloys through crystallography (from the ''ideal'' crystalline solid to defects and solid solutions), then a second part will be devoted to their characterization by X-ray diffraction and the last part will deal with their synthesis through their solid/liquid binary diagram (description and construction) and the different transformations in the solid state.

On the phase diagram part, the objectives will be to enable students to:

• to know how to interpret a binary diagram to know the conditions for obtaining the desired phases or conversely to avoid the formation of undesirable phases and to anticipate the properties and stability of the materials;
• Recognize major transformations:

by diffusion : eutectic, peritectic, eutectoid, peritectoid ...

without diffusion: allotropic, martensitic transformation

Students enrolled in this module must have previously taken the following courses

L2 Chemistry, L2 PC or equivalent level

Final examination

General information on metals, metal alloys, equilibrium diagrams between L/S phases, solid state transformations, characterizations.