علم المواد

Classification of materials, atomic bonding in solids, bonding forces and energies, primary and secondary bonds. The structure of crystalline solids, lattice, unit cells and crystal systems, density computations, crystal directions and planes, linear and planar atomic densities. Impurities and imperfections in solids: point, line and interfacial defects. Atomic vibration and diffusion. Mechanical properties of materials. Elastic and plastic deformation and recrystallization. Phase diagrams of single and multi-phase materials with emphasis on iron-carbon system. The kinetics of phase transformations in iron-carbon alloys. Isothermal transformation diagrams and continuous cooling transformation diagrams.