Concepts in physical metallurgy : : concise lecture notes / / A. Lavakumar.

"Version: 20170401"--Title page verso.

"A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references.

Preface -- 1. Introduction -- 1.1. The impact of materials on progress -- 1.2. A possible classification of physical metallurgy -- 1.3. Electrons to components

2. Crystal structures -- 2.1. Platonic solids -- 2.2. The crystal, lattice and motif -- 2.3. The concept of symmetry -- 2.4. Bravais lattices -- 2.5. Miller indices for planes and directions -- 2.6. The coordination number -- 2.7. The atomic packing factor -- 2.8. Density calculations -- 2.9. Structure-property correlation -- 2.10. Voids in crystals

3. Solidification -- 3.1. The mechanism of crystallization -- 3.2. The solidification of metals -- 3.3. Nucleation -- 3.4. Homogeneous nucleation -- 3.5. Heterogeneous nucleation

4. Crystal imperfections -- 4.1. Thermodynamic causes of crystal imperfections -- 4.2. Classification of crystal imperfections -- 4.3. Point defects -- 4.4. Line defects -- 4.5. Surface defects -- 4.6. Volume defects

5. Mechanical properties of materials -- 5.1. Types of mechanical properties -- 5.2. Types of techno-mechanical properties -- 5.3. Elastic deformation -- 5.4. Plastic deformation -- 5.5. Slip -- 5.6. Critical resolved shear stress (CRSS) -- 5.7. Plastic deformation by twinning -- 5.8. Plastic deformation of polycrystalline materials -- 5.9. Hot working -- 5.10. Warm working -- 5.11. Cold working -- 5.12. Recovery, recrystallization and grain growth

6. The theory of alloys -- 6.1. The concept of alloy formation -- 6.2. Phase -- 6.3. Segregation/phase separation -- 6.4. Solid solutions -- 6.5. Compound/intermediate structure -- 6.6. Other phases

7. Phase diagrams -- 7.1. Basic definitions -- 7.2. Gibbs phase rule -- 7.3. Unary phase diagram -- 7.4. Binary phase diagram

8. Physical metallurgy of ferrous alloys -- 8.1. The Fe-Fe3C system -- 8.2. Heat treatment of steels -- 8.3. Time-temperature transformation diagrams -- 8.4. Continuous cooling transformation diagrams -- 8.5. Quenching -- 8.6. Tempering -- 8.7. The role of alloying elements -- 8.8. Surface-hardening treatments -- 8.9. The iron-graphite phase diagram

9. Physical metallurgy of non-ferrous alloys -- 9.1. Copper and its alloys -- 9.2. Aluminum and its alloys -- 9.3. Titanium -- 9.4. Nickel alloys -- 9.5. Magnesium.

The progress of civilization can be, in part, attributed to our ability to employ metallurgy. This book is an introduction to multiple facets of physical metallurgy, materials science, and engineering. As all metals are crystalline in structure, attention is focussed on these structures, and how the formation of these crystals is responsible for certain aspects of the material's chemical and physical behaviour. The book also discusses the mechanical properties of metals, the theory of alloys, and physical metallurgy of ferrous and non-ferrous alloys.

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Lavakumar Avala is a physical metallurgist and assistant professor in the Department of Metallurgy & Materials Engineering, Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology, Odisha, India. His primary research area is phase transformations of steels, super alloys, and their mechanical behaviours. He received his Bachelor's degree from the JNTU in Hyderabad and his Master's in industrial metallurgy from the National Institute of Technology in Durgapur, India.

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