Knowledge Base
Technical guide to slip systems in BCC, FCC, and HCP metals. Covers slip planes and directions, Schmid factor, critical resolved shear stress (CRSS), Von Mises criterion for polycrystalline ductility, and why FCC metals are most ductile.
Complete guide to Miller indices. Learn to index crystal planes (hkl) and directions [uvw] in cubic and hexagonal metals with step-by-step examples. Essential for XRD, EBSD, and slip system analysis.
Complete guide to BCC, FCC, and HCP crystal structures. Covers atomic packing factor, coordination number, slip systems, ductile-to-brittle transition, and iron’s allotropic transformation — the basis of all steel heat treatment.
Complete technical guide to the iron-carbon (Fe-Fe₃C) phase diagram. Covers all phases, critical lines A1 A3 Acm, eutectoid and eutectic points, lever rule, steel classifications, and heat treatment applications. Includes annotated SVG diagram.
Technical guide to SEM in metallurgy. Covers secondary electron imaging, backscattered electrons, EDS compositional analysis, EBSD crystallographic mapping, and specimen preparation.
Technical guide to phase field modelling for microstructure simulation. Covers Allen-Cahn and Cahn-Hilliard equations, CALPHAD coupling, dendritic solidification, grain growth simulation, and MICRESS/Thermo-Calc applications.
Technical guide to crystallographic texture in metals. Covers deformation and recrystallisation textures, pole figures, ODF, Goss texture in electrical steel, cube texture in Al foil, and anisotropy in sheet forming.
Complete guide to metal solidification. Covers homogeneous and heterogeneous nucleation, undercooling, dendritic growth morphology, microsegregation, Scheil equation, and hot tearing in castings.
Technical guide to pearlite formation in steels. Covers nucleation at grain boundaries, lamellar spacing vs undercooling, interlamellar spacing and strength relationship, and railway rail steel applications.
Complete technical guide to the Fe-C phase diagram. Covers all phase regions, eutectoid and eutectic reactions, lever rule, and application to steel and cast iron microstructures.