327-0506-00L  Materials Physics

SemesterSpring Semester 2014
LecturersB. Schönfeld, N. Spaldin, P. Uggowitzer
Periodicityyearly recurring course
Language of instructionGerman


AbstractExtended concepts of material physics and analytical description of material-physical problems.
ObjectiveBuilding on the lectures 'Introduction to Materials Science' and 'Materials Science I + II' this lecture aims to give a deepened physical understanding of Materials Science.
Content1. Thermal vacancies and diffusion
2. Nucleation and growth; diffusion-controlled and diffusion-less phase transitions
3. Effect of microstructure on ferroic properties
4. Dislocation energy/stacking faults; recovery; recrystallization; solidification
Lecture notesSee Link
Literature- Jean Philibert, ‘Atom movements - Diffusion and mass transport in solids’ (Les editions de physique, 1991).
- Gernot Kostorz (Editor), ‘Phase Transformations in Materials’ (Wiley-VCH, 2001).
- John D. Verhoeven, ‘Fundamentals of Physical Metallurgy’ (Wiley; ISBN: 0471906166).
- Peter Haasen, ‘Physical Metallurgy’ (Cambridge Univ. Press; ISBN: 0521559251).