Directions of the development of new materials and special technologies. Technical ceramics, brittleness factors, principles of toughness. Plastic materials, degradation phenomena. Surface coatings, CVD, PVD. Composite materials.
Characteristics of ceramics and its mechanical and physical properties. The structural parameters. Technical ceramics, and application requirements. Preparation and evaluation of synthetic powders. The causes of brittleness, densification principles. Technological preparation procedures. CVD and PVD methods. Composite (composite materials), particle and fiber composites, properties, compared with metallic materials. Polymeric materials, historical aspects, classification and characterization of polymeric materials. Rubbers and their distribution, synthetic rubbers. Phenomenological viscoelastic foundations. Degradation efects in polymeric materials.