Syllabus
Magnesium
- fabrication, forming techniques
- main alloys, composition, intermetallic phases and their role in hardening, mechanical properties of alloys
- fabrication of ultra-fine grained alloys
- peculiarities of microstructural observations
- microstructural stability, recovery and recrystallization
- corrosion processes and corrosion resistance of Mg alloys
- application of Mg alloys, including application for biodegradable implants
Titanium
- fabrication of pure metal and alloys
- prominent physical and mechanical properties
- alpha and beta phases, alloys division, metastable phases in Ti alloys
- diffusion and displacive transformations and methods of their investigations
- homogeneous and heterogeneous nucleation, particle growth, hardening mechanisms
- thermal and thermomechanical treatment of Ti alloys
- ultra-fine grained Ti alloys and methods of their investigation
- Ti6Al4V alloy, high strength metastable beta alloys, high temperature creep resistant alloys, biocompatible alloys: properties and applications
Annotation
This course focuses on the physics of magnesium and titanium alloys.
- fabrication of pure metals and alloys
- physical and mechanical properties of main alloys
- phase transformations, hardening mechanisms in Mg and Ti alloys
- ultra-fine grained Mg and Ti alloys
- experimental characterization
- commercial use