Materials Science

- Define the meaning of investigations on structure and properties of technical materials;
- Characterise crystal structure of metals and their alloys, define defects in crystals;
- Describe fundamental mechanical tests;
- Define basic technological tests;
- Describe basic types of equilibrium binary phase diagrams;
- Characterise binary diagrams in Fe-C system and classify iron based alloys;
- Outline principles of heat treatment of metals and alloys;
- Characterise important non-ferrous metals and their alloys;
- Characterise polymers and structural ceramics.