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Electrotechnical Materials

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Course Unit Code632-0079/03
Number of ECTS Credits Allocated4 ECTS credits
Type of Course Unit *Compulsory
Level of Course Unit *First Cycle
Year of Study *Second Year
Semester when the Course Unit is deliveredWinter Semester
Mode of DeliveryFace-to-face
Language of InstructionCzech
Prerequisites and Co-Requisites Course succeeds to compulsory courses of previous semester
Name of Lecturer(s)Personal IDName
SZU02doc. Ing. Ivo Szurman, Ph.D.
Summary
The aim of teaching of the subject is to provide students with basic information about current and prospective materials, which are used in various fields of electrical engineering and micro-electronics. Individual categories of materials for applications in electrical engineering are the following ones: conductive materials (conductors, super-conductors, materials for contacts, thermo-electric conversion, resistance materials, solders), dielectrics, ferro-electric materials and insulating materials, magnetic materials (soft, hard, special - based on alloys of rare-earth metals and oxides) semiconductors for micro- and opto-electronics, solar cells, metallic glasses, liquid crystals, nano-materials.
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
Student will be able to:
- classify basic groups of the current and advanced materials for applications in electric engineering, micro-electronics and opto-electronics
- apply basic theoretical knowledge on influence of composition and internal structure of material on physical, mechanical, electrical, magnetic and optical properties
- define requirements for individual groups of materials, technology for preparation and further processing, realisation of electronic elements
Course Contents
1. Electron theory of the metallic state. Cohesion forces of solid matters; types of elementary bonding and their influence on properties of materials. Classification of solid matters according to chemical bonds. Cohesive energy of the metal, band theory, standard metals and transition metals.
2. Crystalline materials (polymorphism), standard type of crystal lattices, plains and directions, reciprocal lattice. Brillouin zone, conductors, insulators, semiconductors. Specific heat.
3. Crystal structure defaults: vacancies, dislocations, stacking faults, grain boundaries in crystals. Single crystals, polycristalline and amorphous metals. Solid solution, intermetallic phases. Linear expansion and volume changes during phase transformation in solid state.
4. Conducting materials. Physical principles of the electrical conductivity of metals, basic characteristic of conductors, superconductivity. Metallic conductive materials (Cu, Al, W, Mo, …) and their alloys, carbon materials.
5. Special conducting materials. Contact materials, resistance materials, thermocouples, bimetals, solders, metals and alloys for safety-fuse, shape memory materials. Superconducting materials.
6. Physical properties and main kinds of semiconductor materials. Semiconductor materials: elementary and compounds. Basic demands on preparation of pure materials.
7. Refining and structure improving methods, zone refining, directional crystallization, distillation. Methods of crystal growing, Czochralski method. Types of semiconductors (AIIIBV, AIIBVI). Technology of thin layers deposition (epitaxy) and junction (diffusion).
8. Magnetic materials. Basic relations, notions, fundamentals of the ferromagnetism, characteristics of magnetic materials. Standard types of magnetic materials.
9. Soft magnetic material (Fe-Si, Fe-Ni), metallic glasses. Hard magnetic material. Ferrites. Structure, classification, processing technologies, characteristics and application domains.
10. Dielectrics and insulators, characteristics and structure insulators, polarization and permittivity of dielectrics, electrical conductivity of insulators.
11. Specific dielectric strength of solid state insulators, breakdown and basic breakdown types, properties of insulators.
12. Overview of electro-insulating materials. Gaseous, liquid and solid state insulators, inorganic insulating material.
13. Construction materials, basic classification: steel, cast iron, non-ferrous metals and alloys, composites, ceramics.
14. Properties of construction materials and methods of mechanical testing: tensile test, compression test, notched test, fracture toughness, fatigue and creep.
Recommended or Required Reading
Required Reading:
DRÁPALA, Jaromír. Elektrotechnické materiály Materials for electrical engineering. Chosen chapters: [teaching text]. Ostrava: Vysoká škola báňská - Technická univerzita Ostrava, 2014.
DRÁPALA, Jaromír a KUCHAŘ, Lumír. Metallurgy of Pure Metals: methods of refining pure substances. Cambridge: Cambridge International Science Publishing, 2008. ISBN 978-1-904602-03-3.
DRÁPALA, Jaromír a KURSA, Miroslav. Elektrotechnické materiály: [učební text]. CD-ROM. Ostrava: Vysoká škola báňská - Technická univerzita Ostrava, 2012. ISBN 978-80-248-2570-0.
LIPTÁK, Jan a SEDLÁČEK, Josef. Úvod do elektrotechnických materiálů. V Praze: České vysoké učení technické, 2008 dotisk. ISBN 978-80-01-03191-9.
STRNADEL, Bohumír. Nauka o materiálu. 2. vyd. Ostrava: VŠB - Technická univerzita Ostrava, 2004. ISBN 80-248-0689-4.
CHUNG, Yip-Wah a KAPOOR, Monica. Introduction to materials science and engineering. Second edition. Boca Raton: CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, [2022]. ISBN 978-1-032-10144-6.
Recommended Reading:
HODÚLOVÁ, Erika. Lead-free soldering in in microelectronics. Plzeň: Vydavatelství a nakladatelství Aleš Čeněk, 2017. ISBN 978-80-7380-615-6.
JACOBSON, David a HUMPSTON, Giles. Principles of brazing. Materials Park: ASM International, c2005. ISBN 0-87170-812-4.
BERAN, Josef. Štruktúry materiálov a technológie v elektrotechnike. V Žilině: Žilinská univerzita, 2014. ISBN 978-80-554-0848-4.
PTÁČEK, Luděk. Nauka o materiálu I. 2. opr. a rozš. vyd. Brno: Akademické nakladatelství CERM, c2003. ISBN 80-7204-283-1.
KUCHAŘ, Lumír a DRÁPALA, Jaromír. Metalurgie čistých kovů: metody rafinace čistých látek. Košice: Nadácia R. Kammela, 2000. ISBN 80-7099-471-1.
ABEL, Martin a CIMBUREK, Vladimír. Bezolovnaté pájení v legislativě i praxi. Pardubice: ABE.TEC, 2005. ISBN 80-903597-0-1.
ŠAVEL, Josef. Elektrotechnologie: materiály, technologie a výroba v elektronice a elektrotechnice. 4. rozš. vyd. Praha: BEN - technická literatura, 2005. ISBN 80-7300-190-X.
PŘÍHODA, Miroslav; BAŽAN, Jiří; DOBROVSKÁ, Jana; DRÁPALA, Jaromír; HAMPL, Jiří et al. Nové materiály připravované krystalizačními procesy. Ostrava: Vysoká škola báňská - Technická univerzita, Fakulta metalurgie a materiálového inženýrství, 2005. ISBN 80-248-0790-4.
CALLISTER, William D. Materials science and engineering: an introduction. 7th ed. New York: Wiley, c2007. ISBN 978-0-471-73696-7.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures, Individual consultations, Tutorials, Project work
Assesment methods and criteria
Task TitleTask TypeMaximum Number of Points
(Act. for Subtasks)
Minimum Number of Points for Task Passing
Graded creditGraded credit100 51