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Advanced Materials

Type of study Follow-up Master
Language of instruction English
Code 653-3002/05
Abbreviation PgM
Course title Advanced Materials
Credits 5
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. Superalloys, classification according to basic elements. Superalloys based on Fe-Ni and Co. Alloying elements, structure, physical and metallurgical features, heat treatment, phase stability, properties, application.
3. Superalloys based on Ni. Alloying elements, structure, physical and metallurgical features, heat treatment, phase stability, properties, application. Processing technology.
4. Intermetallic phases and alloys. Structure. Phase stability. Antiphase boundaries and domains. Classification of intermetallic alloys.
5. Intermetallic alloys: aluminides (NiAl, Ni3Al, TiAl, Ti3Al, FeAl, Fe3Al); silicides (Ni3Si, Fe3Si, MoSi2); magnetic materials (SmCo5, etc.); hydrides based on intermetallic compounds. Structures, mechanical, electromagnetic, corrosion, thermal, and other properties; application. Processing technology.
6. Shape memory alloys. Fundamentals of shape memory effect. Phase transformations. Structure and microstructure. Thermoelastic or stress induced martensite. Superelasticity. Examples of alloys, application. Processing technology.
7. Biocompatible materials. Biocompatibility. Classification of materials. Properties and application.
8. Functionally graded materials. Fundamentals, structure, properties, examples, applications.
9. Metallic foams. Classification and microstructures, physical and metallurgical properties, advantages and applications. Processing technology.
10. Composite materials. Fundamentals of composite effect. Mechanisms of strengthening. Classification of composites according to reinforcement, structures or matrix composition. Material features.
11. Metal or ceramic matrix composites. Properties and application. Processing technology.
12. Metallic glasses. Physical and metallurgical features. Glass forming ability. Stability and crystallization. Advantages and limitations for using. Theory of deep eutectic. Processing technology. Examples of materials, properties and application.
13. Nanostructured materials. Thermal stability, basic physical, chemical, structural and mechanical properties. Multiphase nanocrystalline materials. Technical application. Processing technology.

E-learning

animations and movies on http://www.person.vsb.cz/archivcd/FMMI/PGM/index.htm;
further texts in TEAMS;

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.