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

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