After successfully completing this course, the students will be able to:
- Describe and understand the concept of phase equilibrium
- Apply fundamental concepts of thermodynamics to obtain the phase diagrams and apply thermodynamic principles to different material systems and processes (e.g. thermal treatment, solidification)
- Relate the microstructure to the thermal history and compositional factors for common binary metallurgical systems
- Describe and identify invariant reactions/phase transformations for metallic and non-metallic systems
- Estimate/construct phase diagrams based on some thermodynamic/experimental data
- Interpret the specific information given in the phase diagram and use this knowledge for processing of different material systems
- Use phase diagrams for designing/selecting one, two, three-component material systems for different engineering applications