COURSE DESCRIPTION
CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION
1.1. The importance of solidification
1.2. Solidification microstructure
CHAPTER 2. THERMODYNAMICS OF SOLIDIFICATION
2.1. Introduction
2.3. Binary alloys
2.4. The partition ratio
2.5. Effect of curvature
2.6. Effect of pressure
2.7. Binary alloys. Metastable phase equilibrium
2.8. The equilibrium shapes of phases
CHAPTER 3. NUCLEATION OF CRYSTALS FROM METALLIC MELT
3.1. Introduction
3.2. Homogeneous Nucleation
3.3. Heterogeneous Nucleation
3.4. Nucleation Rate
CHAPTER 4. SOLID/LIQUID INTERFACE
4.1. Interface structure
4.2. Morphological stability of a solid/liquid interface
CHAPTER 5. DENDRITIC SOLIDIFICATION
5.1. Introduction
5.2. Solidification of single–phase alloy
5.3. Cellular and dendritic solidification
CHAPTER 6. EUTECTIC SOLIDIFICATION
6.1. Regular (normal) and Irregular (anormalous) eutectics
6.2. Growth of lamellar eutectics
6.3. Operating range of eutectics
6.4. Growth of irregular eutectics
6.4. Competitive growth of dendrites and eutectics
6.5. Off–eutectic alloys
6.6. Peritectic solidification
CHAPTER 7. MICROSEGREGATION
7.1. Introduction
7.2. Transients
7.3. Mass balance equations
7.4. Microsegregation
CHAPTER 8. MICROPOROSITY
8.1. Introduction
8.2. Mechanism of porosity formation
8.3. Pressure drop in the mushy zone
8.4. Semi–empirical criteria of porosity formation
8.5. Equilibrium of a pore in contact with a liquid
8.6. Nucleation–growth of pores
8.7. Conclusions and remarks
CHAPTER 9. HOT TEARING AND STRESS–RELATED DEFECTS
9.1. Introduction
9.2. Stress–related phenomena in the mushy zone
9.3. Development of stresses and strains
9.4. Residual stresses and deformation
9.5. Hot tearing observations
9.6. Hot tearring analysis
9.7. Conclusion
CHAPTER 10. MACROSEGRAGATIONS AND MESOSEGREGATIONS..167
10.1. Introduction
10.2. Normal segregation
10.3. Inverse segregation
10.4. Gravity segregation
10.5. V–segregation and inverse V–segregation
10.6. Banding segregation
CHAPTER 11. CONTROLLED SOLIDIFICATION PROCESSES
11.1. Rapid solidification
11.2. Growth of single crystals
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