This course covers provides an overview of phase transformations in materials.
Part 1 (compulsory): Prof. Peter Haynes
16 one-hour lectures and 4 rapid feedback sessions in Term 1
- Driving forces and fluxes for diffusion
- The diffusion equation
- Atomic mechanisms for diffusion in solids
- Interfaces and microstructure
Part 2 (optional advanced): Dr Chris Gourlay
8 hours of classes in Term 2
- Nucleation
- Eutectic and eutectoid transformations
- Martensitic transformations