Prerequisite
None
Course Contents
- Phase transformations and microstructure formation; different classifications: first order vs higher order, diffusion vs diffusion less, discontinuous vs continuous; free energy-composition diagrams; nature of interfaces in crystalline materials and their role in phase transformations; thermodynamics and kinetics of nucleation; solid state precipitation: phase diagram, stable and metastable/intermediate phases, solvus temperatures, growth forms and kinetics, discontinuous precipitation; spinodal decomposition and disorder-order transformations; eutectoid transformation; massive transformation; martensitic transformation and shape memory effect.
About the Instructor
Dr. Mayur Vaidya is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Materials Science and Metallurgical Engineering, IIT Hyderabad. Her research interest is in Diffusion-deformation correlation in materials, Diffusion in multicomponent alloys, Nanoscience & Technology, Materials Processing, Powder Metallurgy, Diffusion in Materials, High Entropy Alloys, Oxidation.
Link for Research Profile: https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=PRXBf9wAAAAJ&hl=en
Course Assessment
Assessment may consist of assignments &/or quizzes &/viva &/or exams.