1. Surface properties of metals - adsorption, geometry and electron structure of metal surfaces. Interaction of surfaces with gases. Optical, chemical, mechanical and electrical properties of surfaces. Internal stresses.
2. Surface coatings as a protection against corrosion, wear or high temperatures.
3. Strengthening of metal surfaces by plastic deformation, phase transformations or chemical composition modifications (ion implantation, nitridation, carburizatiuon).
4. Pre-treatment of material surfaces by mechanical and chemical methods.
5. Mechanical coatings: cladding by rolling, explosion or welding. Properties of cladded materials.
6. Deposition of coating from metallic melts (zinc, aluminium coatings).
7. Thermal coatings. Technology of production and their properties.
8. Vacuum technologies of coating: evaporation, sputtering, PVD, CVD.
9. Laser treatment of surfaces: transformation hardening, surface alloying.
10. Galvanic coatings. Autocatalytic coatings.
11. Non-metallic inorganic coatings. Phosphate treatment, chromate treatment, reactive paintings.
12. Enamelling and glazing. Ceramic coatings.
13. Organic coatings - composition of paints. Technology of deposition. Protective properties of organic coatings.
14. Failures of coatings: mechanical loading, the effect of internal stresses, erosion and cavitation, thermal fatigue, contact fatigue. Corrosion failure.
15. Methods of characterisation of modified surfaces and coatings: chemical composition, microstructure, roughness, adhesion, tribology, thickness, micro-hardness, porosity.
2. Surface coatings as a protection against corrosion, wear or high temperatures.
3. Strengthening of metal surfaces by plastic deformation, phase transformations or chemical composition modifications (ion implantation, nitridation, carburizatiuon).
4. Pre-treatment of material surfaces by mechanical and chemical methods.
5. Mechanical coatings: cladding by rolling, explosion or welding. Properties of cladded materials.
6. Deposition of coating from metallic melts (zinc, aluminium coatings).
7. Thermal coatings. Technology of production and their properties.
8. Vacuum technologies of coating: evaporation, sputtering, PVD, CVD.
9. Laser treatment of surfaces: transformation hardening, surface alloying.
10. Galvanic coatings. Autocatalytic coatings.
11. Non-metallic inorganic coatings. Phosphate treatment, chromate treatment, reactive paintings.
12. Enamelling and glazing. Ceramic coatings.
13. Organic coatings - composition of paints. Technology of deposition. Protective properties of organic coatings.
14. Failures of coatings: mechanical loading, the effect of internal stresses, erosion and cavitation, thermal fatigue, contact fatigue. Corrosion failure.
15. Methods of characterisation of modified surfaces and coatings: chemical composition, microstructure, roughness, adhesion, tribology, thickness, micro-hardness, porosity.