Physical Metallurgy. 3 credits, 3 contact hours

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Prerequisite: MTSE 601 . Processing-structure-property relationships in metallic alloys. Alloy systems covered include carbon steels, stainless steels, aluminum and titanium alloys, and super alloys. Topics to be presented include elementary theory of metals, defects and related phenomena, solidification, phase phenomena, solid state diffusion, nucleation and growth kinetics, as well as transformation and deformation processes.