Materials 3

General Data
Academic program	Incoming Exchange Student Courses			:
Type d'EC	Classes (LIIEXP06EMaterials3)
Lectures : 10h00 Tutorials : 10h00 Lab Work : 12h00 Total duration : 72h00	Status : Obligatoire	Period : Semester 6_Mechanical Engineering	Education language : English

Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of this course, the students are expected to: 1. Apply heat treatment to steel and aluminum alloys. 2. Predict the microstructures and phases which occur in in steel and aluminum alloys during heat treatment. 3. Predict the forms of corrosion and decide how to prevent it.

Content
1. Introduction to Phase Transformation • Processes and Types of Phase Transformation • Types of Nucleation • Phase Transformation Rate 2. Part 1: Heat Treatment • Equilibrium and Non-equilibrium States • Eutectoid, Hypereutectoid and Hypoeutectoid Points • Martensite Transformation 3. Part 2: Heat Treatment • Mechanical Properties of Martensite • Tempering of Steel Alloys • Continuous Cooling Transformation Diagrams 4. Structural Hardening of Aluminum • Equilibrium Diagram of Aluminum Alloys • Heat Treatments of Aluminum Alloys 5. Corrosion • Redox Reactions • Types of Corrosion • Methods for Corrosion Prevention

Content

1. Introduction to Phase Transformation
• Processes and Types of Phase Transformation
• Types of Nucleation
• Phase Transformation Rate
2. Part 1: Heat Treatment
• Equilibrium and Non-equilibrium States
• Eutectoid, Hypereutectoid and Hypoeutectoid Points
• Martensite Transformation
3. Part 2: Heat Treatment
• Mechanical Properties of Martensite
• Tempering of Steel Alloys
• Continuous Cooling Transformation Diagrams
4. Structural Hardening of Aluminum
• Equilibrium Diagram of Aluminum Alloys
• Heat Treatments of Aluminum Alloys
5. Corrosion
• Redox Reactions
• Types of Corrosion
• Methods for Corrosion Prevention

Bibliography
Essential resources: Not required Recommended resources: Materials Science and Engineering, An Introduction, W.D. Callister. Materials Selection in Mechanical Design, M.F. Ashby.