Study week 1: Introduction and basic thermodynamics of mixtures.of materials.

Study week 3: Stable and metastable phase equilibria, calculation and prediction of phase diagrams. CALPHAD Method.

Study week 4: Diffusion and kinetic phenomena in materials. Nucleation . Interfaces and microstructure.

Study week 5: Transformation diagrams of materials (TTT and CCT diagrams).

Study week 6: Heat treatment of materials

Study week 7: Experimental methods . Thermal analysis (TGA, DTA, DSC, ...). Electron microscopy, diffraction methods, etc.

Study week 8: Crystallization and melting.

Study week 9: Diffusion controlled phase transformation(DICTRA), massive transformation.

Study week 10: Non-diffusion phase transformations. Simulations of phase transformations controlled by diffusion.

Study week 11: Non-diffusion phase transformations. Simulations of phase transformations controlled by diffusion.

Study week 12: Non-ferrous alloys and special materials.

Study week 13: Short student`s presentation