Fundamentals of metallurgy: a roadmap for beginners

In this course, students discover some of the guiding principles of metallurgy to know and understand the relationship between processes, microstructure, and properties of metal alloys.Through active case study learning, students are able to:
- interpret binary phase diagrams and transformation diagrams,- predict alloy microstructures that may result from solidification and
heat treatments,- discuss the physical mechanisms involved in plastic deformation.

Crystallography course (S5)

1. Phase diagrams
1.1. Simple phase diagrams: how to read them1.2. Iron-carbon phase diagram1.3. Interpretation of more complex phase diagrams 1.4. Thermodynamic origins of phase diagrams
2. The link between phase diagrams and microstructure
2.1. Equilibrium solidification2.2. Equilibrium solid-state phase transformations
3. Phase transformations
3.1. Overview of TTT transformation diagrams3.2. Introduction to transformation diagrams TRC3.3. Practical examples of using transformation diagrams 3.4. Notions of germination and chemical diffusion
4. Dislocations and their role in mechanical behavior
4.1. From ideal to real crystals4.2. Dislocations4.3. Dislocations and mechanical properties4.3.1. General information on tensile properties4.3.2. Hardening mechanisms and yield strength4.3.3. Microscopic approach to strain-hardening and plasticity

Chemistry and inorganic materials

Materials Sciences and Engineering: An introduction, William D. Callister and David G. Rethwisch, Ed. Wiley, 2018, ISBN: 978-1-119-40549-8.