Atomic Structure, Arrangement and Movement: Introduction to Materials - Types of Materials, Structure-Property-Processing Relationship, Environmental Effects on Material Behaviour, Materials Design and Selection; Atomic Structure - The Structure of the Atom, The Electronic Structure of the Atom, Atomic Bonding, Binding Energy and Interatomic Spacing; Atomic Arrangement - Short-Range Order Versus Long-Range Order, Unit Cells, Allotropic or Polymorphic Transformations, Points, Directions and Planes in the Unit Cell, Interstitial Sites, Ionic Crystals, Covalent Structures, X-ray Diffraction; Imperfections In The Atomic Arrangement - Dislocations, Significance of Dislocations, Schmid's Law, Influence of Crystal Structure, Point Defects, Surface Defects, Control of the Slip Process; Atom Movement In Materials - Stability of Atoms, Diffusion Mechanisms, Activation Energy for Diffusion, Rate of Diffusion (Fick's First Law), Composition Profile (Fick's Second Law), Diffusion and Materials Processing. Part II Controlling the Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Materials: Mechanical Testing and Properties - The Tensile Test - Use of the Stress-Strain Diagram, Properties Obtained from the Tensile Test, The Bend Test for Brittle Materials, True Stress-True Strain, The Hardness Test - Its Nature and Use, The Impact Test, Properties Obtained from the Impact Test, Fracture Toughness, The Importance of Fracture Mechanics, The Fatigue Test, Results of the Fatigue Test, Application of Fatigue Testing, The Creep Test, Use of Creep Data; Strain Hardening and Annealing - Relationship of Cold Working to the Stress-Strain Curve, Strain-Hardening Mechanisms, Properties Versus Percent Cold Work, Microstructure and Residual Stresses, Characteristics of Cold Working, The Three Stages of Annealing, Control of Annealing, Annealing and Materials Processing, Hot Working, Superplastic Forming; Principles Of Solidification Strengthening and Processing - Nucleation, Growth, Solidification Time and Dendrite Size, Cooling Curves, Casting of Ingot Structure, Solidification Polymers, Solidification Defects, Casting Processes, Solidification and Metals Joining; Solid Solution Strengthening and Phase Equilibrium - Phases and the Unary Phase Diagram, Solubility and Solutions, Conditions for Unlimited Solid Solubility, Solid Solution Strengthening, Isomorphous Phase Diagrams, Relationship Between Properties and the Phase Diagram, Solidification of a Solid Solution Alloy, Nonequilibrium Solidification and Segregation; Dispersion Strengthening By Solidification - Principles of Dispersion Strengthening, Intermetallic Compounds, Phase Diagrams Containing Three-Phase Reactions, The Eutectic Phase Diagram, Strength of Eutectic Alloys, Eutectics and Materials Processing.
