Metallurgy and Technology of Non-ferrous Alloys for Castings

Type of study	Doctoral
Language of instruction	Czech
Code	652-1908/01
Abbreviation	MTMO
Course title	Metallurgy and Technology of Non-ferrous Alloys for Castings
Credits	10
Coordinating department	Department of Metallurgical Technologies
Course coordinator	doc. Ing. Petr Lichý, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

Partition classification of non-ferrous alloys.
Casting of non-ferrous metals.
Melting non-ferrous metals, smelting units, physico-chemical processes for the preparation of alloys.
Gasses in non-ferrous metal alloys, methods of degassing melts.
Solidification and cooling of metals and alloys, influence of primary crystallization.
Grain refinement and modifications.
Metallurgy and technologies based on copper alloys, aluminum and magnesium zinc alloy, nickel, titanium, tin, lead for foundry use.

Literature

TOTTEN, G. E. and D. S. MACKENZIE, ed. Handbook of aluminum. Volume 1, Physical metallurgy and processes. New York: Marcel Dekker, c2003. ISBN 0-8247-0494-0.
RIEDRICH, H. E. and B. L. MORDIKE, ed. Magnesium technology: metallurgy, design data, applications. Berlin: Springer, c2006. ISBN 3-540-20599-3.
WARMUZEK, M. Aluminum-silicon casting alloys: atlas of microfractographs. Materials Park: ASM International, 2004. .
LÜTJERING, G. and J. C. WILLIAMS. Titanium. Berlin: Springer, c2003. ISBN 3-540-42990-5.

Advised literature

THOMAS-SADOWSKI, S., ed. Casting copper-base alloys. 2nd ed. Schaumburg: American Foundry Society, c2007. ISBN 978-0-87433-302-2.

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