Special Materials

Summary

General overview of special materials. Rapid solidification, structurally metallurgical characteristics. Metallic glasses, mechanical, corrosion and magnetic properties. Devitrification. Nanocrystalline materials, physical and mechanical properties. Mechanical alloying, physically metallurgical principles of the process. Hardened alloys with oxide dispersion. The steels and alloys on Ni base for high temperature. Intermetallics, microstructural characteristics. Superconductors, low-and high-temperature superconductors. Hard and soft magnets. Polymeric materials, properties and degradation.

Literature

[1] Askeland, D. R., Phulé, P., P.: The Science and Engineering of Materials. 5th ed.Canada: Thompson-Brooks/Cool, 2005, 863 s.
[2] Donachie, M., J., Donachie, S., J.:Superalloys : a technical guide, 2.vyd. USA, 2002, 439 s.
[3] ASM INTERNATIONAL HANDBOOK COMMITTEE. ASM Handbook Volume 21: Composites. ASM International, 2001.

Advised literature

[1] Badeshia,H.,K.,D.,H.:Nickel Based Superalloys.Materials Science &Metallurgy, University of Cambridge [online], 2003 [cit.2009-03-31]. z:<http://www.msm.cam.ac.uk/phasetrans/2003/Superalloys/superalloys.html >
[2] Vasiliev, V., V. & Morozov, E., V.,: Mechanics and Analysis of Composite materials, Oxford: Elsevier, 2007.
[3] Military Specification MIL-A-12560H (MR),Amendment 3. „Armor Plate, Steel, Wrought, Homogeneous (For Use Combat-Vehikles and for Ammunition Testing)“, September, 2000.

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Language of instruction	čeština
Code	636-0820
Abbreviation	SM
Course title	Special Materials
Coordinating department	Department of Material Engineering
Course coordinator	prof. Ing. Zdeněk Jonšta, CSc.