Course Catalog 2008-2009 Basic Basic Pori International Postgraduate Open University |Degrees|     |Study blocks|     |Courses|

Course´s person responsible

Tuomo Tiainen

Implementations

	Lecture times and places	Target group recommended to
Implementation 1		KV-opiskelijat

Requirements

Written examination on the contents of the study groups and exercises.

Principles and baselines related to teaching and learning

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Objectives

Basic knowledge on thermodynamics and kinetic factors controlling phase transformations in metals and alloys. Practical applications and procedures of heat treatments of metals and alloys.

Content

Content	Core content	Complementary knowledge	Specialist knowledge
1.	Thermodynamics and kinetics of phase transformations.
2.	Diffusion: mechanisms and influencing factors.
3.	Solidification, principles of nucleation and nucleus growth.
4.	Diffusional phase transformations. Precipitation: mechanisms of nucleation and nucleus growth. Practical heat treatments
5.	Diffusionless phase transfomations: massive and martensitic transformations. Bainitic transformation

Study material

Type	Name	Author	ISBN	URL	Edition, availability, ...	Examination material	Language
Book	Phase Transformations in Metals and Alloys	D. Porter and K. Easterling					English

Correspondence of content

More precise information per implementation

	Description	Methods of instruction	Implementation
Implementation 1

Last modified	26.08.2008
Modifier	Tuomo Tiainen