Metallurgy and Engineering Alloys
Elements
F.C. Campbell
Selected Contents
Part 1: Physical and Mechanical Metallurgy
Chapter 1 – Metallic Structure
- Periodic Table
- Bonding in Solids
- Metallic Bonding
- Ionic Bonding
- Covalent Bonding
- Secondary Bonding
- Crystalline Structure
- Space Lattices and Crystal Systems
- Face-Centered Cubic System
- Hexagonal Close-Packed System
- Body-Centered Cubic System
- Slip Systems
- Allotropy
Chapter 2 – Crystalline Imperfection and Plastic Deformation
- Point Defects
- Line Defects
- They are successfully applied in the aerospace and the chemical industries as well as in other markets such as architecture
- Dislocations and Plastic Flow
- Work Hardening
- Surface or Planar Defects
- Grain Boundaries
- Polycrystalline Metals
- Phase Boundaries
- Twinning
- Stacking Faults
- Volume Defects
Chapter 3 – Solid Solutions
- Interstitial Solid Solutions
- Substitutional Solid Solutions
- Ordered Structures
- Intermediate Phases
- Dislocation Atmospheres and Strain Aging
Chapter 4 – Introduction to Phase Transformation
- Free Energy
- Influence of Microstructure
- Liquid-Solid Phase Transformations
- Solid-State Phase Transformations
- Spinodal Decomposition
- Martensitic Transformation
Chapter 5 – Diffusion
- Mechanisms of Diffusion
- Interstitial Diffusion
- Substitutional Diffusion
- Fick’s Laws of Diffusion
- Fick’s First Law of Diffusion
- Fick’s Second Law of Diffusion
- Several Applications of Fick’s Second Law of Diffusion
- Temperature Dependence of Diffusion
- Intrinsic Diffusion Coefficients (Kirkendall Effect)
- High Diffusion Paths
Chapter 6 – Phase Diagrams
- Phase Rule
- Binary Isomorphous System
- Eutectic Alloy System
- Aluminum-Silicon Eutectic System
- Lead-Tin Eutectic System
- Free Energy of Alloy Systems
- Peritectic Reaction
- Monotectic Reaction
- Intermediate Phases
- Solid-State Reactions
- Eutectoid Reactions
- Ternary Phase Diagrams
Chapter 7 – Solidification and Casting
- The Liquid State
- Solidification Interfaces
- Solidification Structure
- Segregation
- Grain Refinement and Secondary Dendrite Arm Spacing
- Porosity and Shrinkage
- Casting Processes
- Sand Casting
- Plaster and Shell Molding
- Evaporative Pattern Casting
- Investment Casting
- Permanent Mold Casting
- Metallographic and Fractographic Techniques and Microstructures
Chapter 8 – Recovery, Recrystallization, and Grain Growth
- Recovery
- Recrystallization
- Recrystallization – Temperature and Time
- Recrystallization – Purity of Metal
- Recrystallization – Original Grain Size
- Recrystallization – Temperature of Deformation
- Grain Growth
- Normal Grain Growth
- Abnormal Grain Growth
Chapter 9 – Precipitation Hardening
- Particle Hardening
- Theory of Precipitation Hardening
- Precipitation Hardening of Aluminum Alloys
- Solution Heat Treating
- Quenching
- Aging
- Dispersion Hardening
