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Advanced Materials

Type of study Follow-up Master
Language of instruction Czech
Code 653-3002/02
Abbreviation PgM
Course title Advanced Materials
Credits 6
Coordinating department Department of Materials Engineering and Recycling
Course coordinator doc. Dr. Ing. Monika Losertová

Subject syllabus

1. Overview of materials, their properties and applications.
2. Copper based materials. Cu-Ni based alloys. Phase transformation in Cu alloys, effect on the properties of the alloys.
3. Nickel based alloys. Alloys with special magnetic and other physical properties. Structure and phase features in the context of applications.
4. Superalloys on the base of Fe, Co and Ni. Physical and metallurgical features, mechanical and corrosion properties at room and high temperatures. Applications.
5. Titanium based alloys. Classification (alpha, beta, alpha+beta). Phase transformations in Ti alloys. Precipitation reactions and deformation behaviour. Effect of heat treatment on microstructure features of Ti alloys. Application.
6. Intermetallics. Structure. Phase stability. Antiphase boundaries and domains. Mechanical, electromagnetic, corrosion, thermal and superconductive properties.Classification of intermetallic alloys, overview, structures, properties and applications. IMC based hydrides, properties and application.
7. Shape memory alloys. Fundamentals of shape memory effect. Structure features. Examples of materials, application.
8. Functionnaly graded materials. Fundamentals, structure, properties, examples, applications.
9. Metal matrix composites (MMC). Fundamentals of composite effect. Microstructure. Mechanical properties. Types of MMC. Applications.
10. Metallic glasses. Physical and metallurgical features. Stability and cristallisation. Advantages and limitations for using. Examples of materials, properties and applications.
11. Metallic foams. Microstructure, physical and metallurgical properties, advantages and applications.
12. Biocompatible materials. Biocompatibility. Classification of materials. Properties and application.

E-learning

Literature

LOSERTOVÁ, M. Advanced Materials. Ostrava: VŠB-TU Ostrava, 2012.
SMALLMAN, R.E. a A.H.W NGAN. Physical metallurgy and advanced materials. 7th ed. Oxford: Elsevier Butterworth-Heinemann, 2007. ISBN 978-0-7506-6906-1.
REED, R. C. The Superalloys. Fundamentals and Applications. Cambridge University Press The Edinburgh Building, Cambridge cb2 2ru, UK. 2006. pp. 372. ISBN-13 978-0-521-85904-2

Advised literature

VANDER VOORT, G. F., ed. ASM Handbook: Metallography and Microstructure. Volume 9. Ohio: ASM International. 2004. ISBN 978-0-87170-706-2 .
DONACHIE, M.J. a S.J. DONACHIE. Superalloys: a technical guide. 2nd ed. Materials Park: ASM International, 2002. ISBN 0-87170-749-7.