Prof. RNDr. Petr Kratochvíl, DrSc.

Professional career

1963 CSc., disertation work: Segregation of impurities during the solidification of zinc alloys

1973 Doc., work of habilitation: Strengthening of hexagonal metals by glide in basal plane

1983 DrSc., disertation work: Mechanical properties of substitutional solid solution based on f.c.c. metals

1986 Prof., branch: Solid state physics

International cooperation and stays abroad

1964/65 6 months British Council scholarship:  electron microscopy in the Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, England

1968/69 12 months scholarship of the Humbold Foundation, Institute für Metal Physik, University of Göttingen, Deutschland and further stays during 1990-94

2004 – 2016 intensive cooperation on the research on iron aluminides with MPI für Eisenforschung, Düsseldorf, Deutschland

Scientific activities

• The properties of iron FeAl a Fe₃Al (phase transformations, mechanical peroperties at high temperatures). The influence of alloying by high concentrations of selected elements and the relation of such alloys to high and middle entropy materials.
• The properties of spinodal-type alloys Cu9Ni6Sn, the effect of thermomechanical treatment on the mechanical and electrical properties.
• Leading investigator of  4 projects within GAČR scientific agency concerning the research of iron aluminides
• Organised International conference devoted to the physics of intermetallics
• Cooperation with the research institute on testing of iron aluminides in the automobile industry.
• Testing of properties of steels for nuclear power plants for the research of Škoda Plzeň

Significant recent publications

[1] P. Kratochvíl,  S. Daniš, J. Pešička, P. Minárik and R. Král: Fe₃Al iron aluminides alloyed with high concentrations of V and Cr: their structure and high temperature strength, 2018, Metallurgical and Materials Trans.A, vol. 49 , pp. 6046-6O51

[2] P. Kratochvíl,  S. Daniš, P. Minárik, J. Pešička and R. Král: Strengthening of Fe₃Al aluminides by one or two solute elements, 2017, Metallurgical and Materials Trans.A, vol. 48 , pp. 4135-4139

[3] P.Kratochvíl, M. Švec and V. Vodičková: The effect of low concentrations Nb and C on the structure and high-temperature strength of Fe₃Al aluminide: 2017, Metallurgical and Materials Trans.A, vol. 48 , pp. 4093-4096

[4] F. Dobeš, J. Pešička, P.Kratochvíl: Creep of Fe3Al-based alloys with vanadium and carbon additions: Intermetallics vol.74 (2016), pp. 60-64

[5] P. Kratochvíl, V. Vodičková, R. Král, M. Švec:The effect of Laves phase (Fe,Al)₂Zr on the high-temperature strength of carbon-alloyed Fe₃Al aluminide: 2016, Metallurgical and Materials Trans.A, vol. 47 , pp. 1128-1131

Complete list of publications: Orcid or Scopus