1. Overview of materials, their properties and applications.
2. Copper alloys, basic classification, properties and applications. Cu-Ni based alloys. Basic properties, structure and application. Phase transformation in Cu alloys.
3. Nickel alloys. Alloys with special magnetic and other physical properties.
4. Superalloys on the base of Fe, Co and Ni. Structure, microstructure and mechanical features. Applications.
5. Titanium alloys (alpha, beta, alpha+beta). Phase transformations in Ti alloys. Precipitation reactions and deformation behaviour. Effect of heat treatment on microstructure features of Ti alloys.
6. Intermetallics. Structure. Phase stability. Antiphase boundaries and domains. Mechanical, electromagnetic, corrosion, thermal and superconductive properties.
7. Classification of intermetallic alloys, view, structures, properties and applications: NiAl, TiAl, Ti3Al, NiTi, Ni3Al, Ni3Si, Fe3Si, MoSi2, SmCo5 etc. IMC hydrides and their application.
8. Shape memory alloys. Fundamentals of shape memory effect. Structure features. Examples of materials: NiTi, Cu-Zn-Al, Cu-Al-Ni, new generation alloys.
9. Bearing materials. Properties, examples, applications. Functionnaly graded materials. Fundamentals, structure, properties, examples, applications.
10. Metal matrix composites (MMC). Fundamentals of composite effect. Microstructure. Mechanical properties. Types of MMC. Applications.
11. Metallic glasses. Stability, cristallisation. Preparation methods, properties, materials, applications.
12. Biocompatible materials. Biocompatibility conditions, material classification, properties, applications.
13. Metallic foams. Preparation methods. Microstructure, properties, applications.
14. Polymers. Classification, structure, vitrification, cristallisation, properties and applications.
2. Copper alloys, basic classification, properties and applications. Cu-Ni based alloys. Basic properties, structure and application. Phase transformation in Cu alloys.
3. Nickel alloys. Alloys with special magnetic and other physical properties.
4. Superalloys on the base of Fe, Co and Ni. Structure, microstructure and mechanical features. Applications.
5. Titanium alloys (alpha, beta, alpha+beta). Phase transformations in Ti alloys. Precipitation reactions and deformation behaviour. Effect of heat treatment on microstructure features of Ti alloys.
6. Intermetallics. Structure. Phase stability. Antiphase boundaries and domains. Mechanical, electromagnetic, corrosion, thermal and superconductive properties.
7. Classification of intermetallic alloys, view, structures, properties and applications: NiAl, TiAl, Ti3Al, NiTi, Ni3Al, Ni3Si, Fe3Si, MoSi2, SmCo5 etc. IMC hydrides and their application.
8. Shape memory alloys. Fundamentals of shape memory effect. Structure features. Examples of materials: NiTi, Cu-Zn-Al, Cu-Al-Ni, new generation alloys.
9. Bearing materials. Properties, examples, applications. Functionnaly graded materials. Fundamentals, structure, properties, examples, applications.
10. Metal matrix composites (MMC). Fundamentals of composite effect. Microstructure. Mechanical properties. Types of MMC. Applications.
11. Metallic glasses. Stability, cristallisation. Preparation methods, properties, materials, applications.
12. Biocompatible materials. Biocompatibility conditions, material classification, properties, applications.
13. Metallic foams. Preparation methods. Microstructure, properties, applications.
14. Polymers. Classification, structure, vitrification, cristallisation, properties and applications.