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Courses » Elementary Stereology for Quantitative Metallography

Elementary Stereology for Quantitative Metallography

ABOUT THE COURSE:

Quantitative metallography or stereology is concerned with the measurement of microstructural features such as grain size, and the size and spatial distribution of second phase particles from the observations made on 2-D sections through optical, scanning and transmission electron microscopy. In all cases a small sample section or thin slice of material is observed in order to derive the microstructural characteristic of a bulk material. Stereology is therefore concerned with geometrical probability.

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INTENDED AUDIENCE: Anyone who is interested in the quantification of microstructures

CORE/ELECTIVE: Elective

UG/PG: UG and PG

PREREQUISITES: NIL

INDUSTRY SUPPORT: All materials related industries and Pathologists, Bio technologists

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ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR:



Prof. Sandeep Sangal is Professor at Department of Materials Science and Engineering, IIT Kanpur and his research interests are Structure-Property Correlations, Microstructural Characterization, Stereology, Image Processing, Development of Web-Based Educational Aids


Prof. S. Sankaran is Professor at Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, IIT Madras and his research interests are microstructure-mechanical behavior correlations in materials, Electron microscopy, Material processing and Stereology

COURSE LAYOUT:

Week 1  : Method of Stereology ,Geometrical Probability - I ,Geometrical Probability II
Week 2  : Probability Distributions ,Basic Stereological Parameters
Week 3  : Counting of grains and particles ,Description of Polycrystalline Microstructures derived measures
Week 4  :  Size distribution of particles ,Other applications of the Disector
  
SUGGESTED READING MATERIALS:

1.Practical stereology: J.C.Russ and R.T. Dehoff, (2nd edn., 2000),Plenum press, NY, USA 
2.Worked examples in quantitative metallography: R.L.Higginson and C.M.Sellars (1st edn., 2003) Maney Publishing, London, UK 
3.The quantitative description of the microstructure of materials: K.J. Kurzydlowski and Brian Ralph, 1995, CRC press, FL, USA 
4.Erwin Kreyszig, Advanced Engineering Mathematics, Chapters 23 & 24 on Probability and Mathematical Statistics  
5.John C. Russ and Robert T. Dehoff, Practical Stereology, second edition, Springer, 1986 
6.Ervin E. Underwood, Quantitative Stereology, Addison-Wesley, 1970  
7.Robert T. Dehoff and Rhines, Quantitative Microscopy, McGraw Hill, 1968 
8.M.G. Kendall and P.A.P. Moran, Geometical Probability, Hafner Publishing Co., NY, 1963  
9.P.J. Goodhew and F.J. Humphreys, Electron Microscopy and Analysis, Chapter 1 for elementary study of imaging principles of a microscope  
10.R. C. Gonzalez and R.E. Woods, Digital Image Processing  
11.Ewald R. Weibel, Stereological Methods: Practical Methods for Biological Morphometry, Vol. 1, Academic Press, 1980  
12.Ewald R. Weibel, Stereological Methods: Theoretical Foundations, Vol. 2, Academic Press, 1980

CERTIFICATION EXAM :
  • The exam is optional for a fee.
  • Date of Exams : October 07 (Sunday)
  • Time of Exams : Morning session 9am to 12 noon; Afternoon session: 2pm to 5pm
  • Exam for this course will be available in both morning & afternoon sessions.
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  • The online registration form has to be filled and the certification exam fee needs to be paid. More details will be made available when the exam registration form is published.

CERTIFICATION:

  • Final score will be calculated as : 25% assignment score + 75% final exam score
  • 25% assignment score is calculated as 25% of average of Best 3 out of 4 assignments.
  • E-Certificate will be given to those who register and write the exam and score greater than or equal to 40% final score. Certificate will have your name, photograph and the score in the final exam with the breakup.It will have the logos of NPTEL and IIT Madras.It will be e-verifiable at nptel.ac.in/noc.