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MSE 709 Metastable Materials: Processing, Structure, and Properties
惭厂贰听709听听Metastable Materials: Processing, Structure, and Properties听听(3 credit hours)听听
The thermodynamics and kinetics of the synthesis and stability of a variety of important metastable materials - those materials that are not in the lowest free energy state for the composition and structure - will be described. The common methods for non-equilibrium processing will be covered. A significant part of the course will be devoted to amorphous materials, including their synthesis, structure, and properties. Other topics will include quasi-crystalline materials, metastable crystalline materials, and shape memory alloys. As background for shape memory alloys, diffusionless phase transformations with emphasis on martensitic transformations will be reviewed.
Prerequisite: 惭厂贰听500 or Instructor Consent
Typically offered in Fall only