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Terminated in academic year 2020/2021

Introduction to materials science

Type of study Bachelor
Language of instruction English
Code 9360-0105/02
Abbreviation UNoM
Course title Introduction to materials science
Credits 4
Coordinating department CNT - Nanotechnology Centre
Course coordinator Ing. Karla Čech Barabaszová, Ph.D. Paed.IGIP

Subject syllabus

1. Introduction - metals, metalloids and semimetals. Alloys.
2. Structure properties of materials I. - crystal structures and structure defects of metals and metals alloys.
3. Structure properties of materials II. - phase diagrams and phase transformations. Thermodynamics of metals.
4. Mechanical properties of material - tensile test, impact test, bending test, hardness tests. Creep.
5. Constructional materials - Fe-C phase diagrams. Chemical and structure transformations. Steels and their properties.
6. Metal alloys I. - Cu, Al alloys - properties and applications.
7. Metal alloys II. - Ni alloys - properties and applications. Hight-melting alloys (Ti, W, Nb et al.) - properties and applications.
8. Metal alloys III. – Intermetallic compounds and their applications. Biocompatible materials, functionally gradient materials. Biocompatible intermetalic compounds, characterization and application.
9. Amorphous and polymer materials – glass characteristics, physical and chemical properties. Special glasses.
10. Materials with electromagnetic properties. Metallic glass, magnetic materials and superconductors.
11. Ceramic materials.
12. Composite materials.
13. Natural materials.
14. Semiconductors – preparation technologies, physical properties and characterization. Semiconductors structures.

Theoretical exercise:
1. Introduction – semester work and project assignment.
2. Crystallography – basic crystallographic lattice, determination crystallography direction and planes.
3. Equilibrium diagrams of binary and ternary – characterization and phase transformations.
4. Mechanical properties of materials.
5. Polymer materials – polymer reaction, application in industry.
6.-7. Presentation of semester work. Consultation.

Literature

DAVIS, Joseph D. Metals Handbook, Desk Edition, ASM International, 1998. ISBN 0871706547.
BULLINGER, H.-J. Technology Guide. Principels-Application-Trends. Springer, London, 2009. ISBN 978-3-540-88545-0.
ELSSNER, Gerhard et al. Ceramics and Ceramic Composites. Materialographic Preparation. Elseviere Imprint, 1999, ISBN 978-0-444-10030-6 .
HULL, Daniel. An Introduction to composite materials, Cambridge, 1990. ISBN 9780521388559 .

Advised literature

RAO, C.N.R, et al. The Chemistry of Nanomaterials, Synthesis, Properties and Applications, Willey-VCH Weinheim, 2008. ISBN 3527306862.
SCHEFFLER, Michael and Paolo COLOMBO. Cellular Ceramics. Wiley-VCH, 2005. ISBN 978352731204.