This book is intended for use as an introductory course (of one or two semesters) in physical metallurgy and is designed for all engineering students at the junior or senior level. A number of chapters dealing with advanced topics, such as Chapters 10, 11, 15, and 19 may be omitted in their entirety when the book is used for a one-semester course. Prerequisites are college physics, chemistry, and strength of materials. An engineering course in themodynamics or physical chemistry is also considered desirable but not essential. The approach is largely theoretical, but all major phases of metal behavior normally found in physical metallurgy textbooks are covered.
In this respect, statistical mechanics and dislocation theory are used to explain plastic deformation and thermal effects in metals. Vacancies are treated in some detail because their study may be used to obtain a true appreciation for the meaning of activation energies in metas. Deformation twinning is given consider-able attention not only because this type of deformation has become increasingly more important, but also because twinning theory leads directly into the important subject area of martensite transformations.
1. The Structure of Metals
2. Analytical Methods
3. Crystal Binding
4. Introduction To Dislocations
5. Dislocations And Plastic Deformation
6. Elements of Grain Boundaries
7. Vacancies
8. Annealing
9. Sold Solutions
10. Phases
etc.