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