ECTS
3 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Description
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.
Objectives
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
Necessary pre-requisites
Students enrolled in this module must have previously taken the following courses
L2 Chemistry, L2 PC or equivalent level
Knowledge control
Final examination
Syllabus
General information on metals, metal alloys, equilibrium diagrams between L/S phases, solid state transformations, characterizations.