Queen Mary University of London University of Cambridge

Teaching materials

H. K. D. H. Bhadeshia

Crystallography

Lecture notes and question sheets Mathematical crystallography: book Examination questions
Lecture video playlist Crystals, polycrystals, transformations: book PbTiO3
Answers, question sheet 1 Crystal plasticity: book Coincidence site lattice
Answers, question sheet 2 Introduction to crystallography Completely random pattern
Answers, question sheet 3 Crystallographic texture Stereograms & meteorites
Examples class 1, Answers, Truncated cubes Growing crystalline trees Cementite structure
Examples class 2, Answers Bragg law Electron diffraction
Crystallography calculator Minerals in Moscow Moon crystals Moon crystals
Latex files Minerals in Colorado Atomium
Anisotropy of cementite Raman Institute Wolframite (Fe,Mn)WO4
Grids of atoms Minerals in Austria α-alumina (sapphire)
Symmetry of cementite Minerals in Scotland Wolframite (Fe,Mn)WO4
α-alumina (sapphire)
Symmetry of σ-phase Minerals in China Iron crystallography
Pink rhodonite Snowflake Polyvinyldine fluoride (CIF)
Pure, amorphous iron Random tiling Minerals in Zurich

Slides and videos

Lecture slides Multimedia Animations Scaleable vector graphics
Introduction YouTube, Audio Bravais lattices -2m, 2mm, 4mm, 4mm, 4mm, 4mm
Structure, point groups YouTube Three dimensional 11, 100_110_angle, 100_111_angle
Stereograms and point groups Titanate YouTube Epsomite, Point groups Amorphous, Arc, Arc, Bain strain
Structure solution YouTube Austenite and ferrite Bravais lattices, Circle, Directions-planes
Space groups Cuprite YouTube Cementite Fluorite, 4-index, Cubic-GaN
Reciprocal lattice, diffraction YouTube ε-carbide KS, KS, Liquid crystal, Liquid crystal
Deformation and texture YouTube Vanadium carbide mm2, Ordered, Liquid crystals
Gypsum Schmid, Titanate, Trace, Piezo
Interfaces and orientations YouTube Molybdenum carbide Trace, Zone, 020, 112, Epsomite
Martensitic transformations Video YouTube Graphite Gypsum, Fivefold, Inversion, Primitive
Niobium carbide Structure projection, Symbols, Symmetry operations
Metric tensor, deformations Video YouTube Brass, diamond, ZnS & fluorite Great circle 1, 2, 3
Similarity transformations Video YouTube Nickel based superalloy, γ Camera constant, Circle projection, Circle projection
Correspondence, stretch and rotation Video YouTube Nickel based superalloy, γ' Cubic stereogram 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, Meteorite, Mirror
Martensite crystallography 1 Video YouTube Nickel based superalloy, γ'' Stereogram 1, 2, 3, 4, Small circle 1, 2, 3, 4
Martensite crystallography 2, texture Video YouTube Fayalite Wulff net 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
Interfaces Video YouTube Fayalite
Interstitials Video YouTube Grain selection
Bain correspondence & strain
Lithium niobate
Calcium chloride


Metals & alloys (year 2)

Course material Slides Video YouTube Related information
Atomic diffusion Slides Video YouTube Uphill diffusion
Slides Video YouTube Kirkendall effect
Decarburisation
Diffusion in action
Solidification Slides Video YouTube Centrifugal casting
YouTube
Slides Video YouTube Dendritic solidification
Slides Video YouTube Metallography of dendrites
Al-Si casting alloys
Solidification movies
Simulated solidification
Technology
Recovery, recrystallisation & grain growth Slides Video YouTube Annealing twins
Slides YouTube Mechanical twins
Slides Video YouTube Zener pinning
Austenite recrystallisation
Recrystallised grain size
Grain growth simulations
Recrystallisation: movie
Recrystallisation: copper
Martensitic transformations Slides Video YouTube Cry of indium
Ferrous alloys Slides Video YouTube Cast iron
Fabrication of steel
Tallest tower
Bearings
Other metallic materials Slides Video YouTube Al-Cu age-hardening
Precipitate-free zones
High temperature alloys Slides Video YouTube Aeroengines
Superalloys
Superalloy dislocations
FastShip concept
Question sheet 1 Answers
Question sheet 2 Answers Latex files, examination papers
Question sheet 3 Answers Experiments
Question sheet 4 Answers Metallographic preparation
Images Worked examples


Phase transformations (year 2, Queen Mary University of London)

Phase transformations (book)
Mechanisms of transformation Slides, 1 Video of lecture 1 Podcast 1, Different perspective
Curie temperature
Elementary thermodynamics Slides, 2 Video of lecture 2 Podcast 2, Different perspective
Geiger counter
Equilibrium state Slides, 3 Video of lecture 3 Podcast 3, Different perspective
Growing aluminium dendrite
Phase diagrams Slides, 4 Video of lecture 4 Podcast 4, Different perspective
3D model of ternary phase diagram
Diffusion Slides, 5 Video of lecture 5 Podcast 5, Different perspective
Multicomponent phase diagrams
Atomic mechanisms of diffusion Slides, 6 Video of lecture 6 Podcast 6, Different perspective
Problem-based learning 1
Nucleation Slides, 7 Video of lecture 7 Podcast 7, Different perspective
Solidification Slides, 8 Video of lecture 8 Podcast 8, Different perspective
Steels Slides, 9 Video of lecture 9 Podcast 9, Different perspective
Aluminium Slides, 10 Video of lecture 10 Podcast 10, Different perspective
Practical
Revision study guide Revision podcast Revision video


Metals & alloys (year 3)

Aluminium alloys Slides Video YouTube More information
Aluminium cans
Aerospace aluminium
Titanium alloys Slides Video YouTube More information
Titanium aeroengine fire
Martensitic transformations Slides Video YouTube More information
Video YouTube
Bainite Slides Video YouTube Multilingual bainite
YouTube Bainite in bearings
YouTube
Bainite growth
Widmanstaetten ferrite Slides Video YouTube More information
Allotriomorphs and idiomorphs Slides Video YouTube More information
Slides Video YouTube
Strong steels Slides Video YouTube More information
YouTube Strength+toughness movie
Welds Slides Video YouTube More information
Examples class Answers Example techniques project
Question sheet 1 Answers Example literature review
Question sheet 2 Answers Example vacation project



Worked examples Steel queries
Crystallography of interstices Bain strain and correspondence
Cementite Joining of aluminium
Science in parliament "On the right track"
Tough tracks Hydrogen in steels
Solution thermodynamics Flow within a weld pool
Arc welding Aeroengine-blade containment
Aircraft taking off Fabrication of metals
Friction stir welding Motion of dislocations
Shape memory alloy. Singing steel
Creative design Optical microscopy
Using class microscope Using class digital-microscope
Quantitative metallography Optical microscopy slides
More slides YouTube YouTube

Master of science (year 4)

Steels

Lecture video playlist (2020), Lecture video playlist (2022)

Book: Steels, 5th edition, Bhadeshia and Honeycombe

Notes Slides Videos Videos 2022 Slides 2022 Diagrams Diagrams
Lecture notes Martensite part 1, part 2 YouTube YouTube, YouTube Martensite I Habit inclination Impingement
Martensite movie YouTube Martensite II Burst martensite Nucleation
Bainite YouTube YouTube Bainite Crystal size Ohm's law
Strong bainite YouTube YouTube Bainite: design Diffusion distance Plate growth
Examples class Widmanstaetten ferrite YouTube YouTube Widmanstaetten Displacive Sessile
Latex files Allotriomorphic ferrite YouTube YouTube Ferrite Tapered tensile Sphere
Multicomponent steel YouTube TTT
Pearlite growth spreadsheet Pearlite YouTube YouTube Pearlite T-zero
Overall kinetics YouTube YouTube Overall kinetics Dislocation Stacking
TRIP steel YouTube YouTube TRIP steel Ellipsoids T0 schematic
TWIP steel YouTube YouTube TWIP/TRIP Extrusion TRIP-Ms
Bulk nanostructured steel YouTube YouTube Nanostructured Glissile TWIP impact

Materials modelling

Revision thermodynamics
Computation of phase diagrams
Thermodynamics of irreversible processes
Finite element analysis
Worked examples

Master of philosophy (materials modelling)

Course MP1: General methodology

Introduction to crystallography Slides Slides Questions
Brass, diamond, zinc sulphide and fluorite
Simulation of recrystallisation
Materials algorithms

Course MP4: Thermodynamics and phase diagrams

Thermodynamic functions Slides YouTube Questions
Equilibrium between solutions Slides YouTube More on solution formation
Mechanical alloying Slides YouTube Nanocrystalline metals
Boltzmann's epitaph (courtesy, Mark Hull) Mechanical alloying
Computation of phase diagrams Slides YouTube MTDATA instructions
Computing class on MTDATA
Irreversible processes Slides YouTube
Quasichemical solutions Slides YouTube Interstitial solutions

Course materials on FactSage, by Dr Feng Liu

FactSage© is an integrated database computing system in chemical thermodynamics. Dr Feng Liu kindly provided the materials below, which formed a part of his 3rd year undergraduate course at the University of Toronto, Canada.

Information and databases
Reaction module
Phase diagram calculations
Equilibrium module
More on equilibrium module

Course MP6: Kinetics & microstructure modelling

Introduction to diffusion Slides Video YouTube Uphill diffusion
Growth morphologies Slides Video YouTube Dendrites and cells - the movie

Seminars

Blast-resistant steel Steel, ingenuity and future
Maximum entropy method Genetic algorithms
Why have sex? Centre of the Earth

Thermal analysis

Introduction, differential thermal analysis, differential scanning calorimetry, dilatometry, other techniques and references


Review articles

Steels for rails Bainite - a turning point
Models in materials science Friction stir welding
Friction stir welding tools Dimensions of steel
Coalesced bainite Crystallographic texture
Diffusional transformations Phase transformations in steels
Bainite: unresolved issues Very strong bainite
Nanocrystalline bainite Nanocrystalline steel
Creep-resistant stainless steels Ferritic creep-resistant steels
Design of superalloys Design of steels
Neural networks Simultaneous transformations
Frontiers in welding metallurgy Modelling steel welds
Type IV cracking of welds New welding alloys
Strong ferritic-steel welds Alternatives to ferrite-pearlite
Steels: remanent life assessment Mechanical alloying
Mechanically alloyed metals Residual stress, part 1
Residual stress, part 2 Efficient design of new alloys
Phase field method Bearing steels
Bainite controversy Macrosegregation
Anisotropy of pipes Computational design
Low-temperature welds Phosphorus embrittlement
Hydrogen embrittlement Diffusion-controlled growth



General articles Science for 5 year olds
Teaching 60,000 students per month Density - lesson 1
Aspects of materials education Density - lesson 2
Van Horn lectures
Darwin College lectures, 2023

Books

Free Restricted
Theory of transformations in steels YouTube
Bainite in steels Introduction to materials modelling
Mathematical crystallography Steels
Alloying elements in steels Other books
Physical properties of martensite and bainite Bainite at play
Mechanisms of phase transformations in crystalline solids
Crystal plasticity
Extremely strong steels
Solidification
Isolation
Conference proceedings
Transformation and hardenability in steels
Alloys for the eighties
Towards improved ductility and toughness

Pearlite in steels
Published 2025
Steels 5th edition
Published 2024
Preview, video
Bainite 3rd edition
Free download
Crystallography 1st edition
Free download
Isolation
Free download
Theory of transformations in steels
Free download
Video
Functional materials
Free book
Hard copy
Phase transitions
Free book (CC-BY)
Rail steels
Rails, 2024
Bainite in steels, Chinese edition
Translation, 2020
Innovations in engineering materials
Published 2021
Bainite at play
Published 2026
video