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Non-ferrous Metals

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Course Unit Code636-2018/01
Number of ECTS Credits Allocated6 ECTS credits
Type of Course Unit *Compulsory
Level of Course Unit *First Cycle
Year of Study *Third 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
JON40prof. Ing. Zdeněk Jonšta, CSc.
KON57Ing. Kateřina Konečná, Ph.D.
Summary
The course focuses on the most important non-ferrous metals and their alloys used in modern industrial branches. The student is acquainted with pure metals and alloys based on copper, aluminum, nickel, titanium, tungsten, molybdenum and magnesium. Emphasis is placed on the internal structure of these materials and its relationship to the utility properties, the possibilities of increasing the utility properties, the advantages and disadvantages of individual materials and the main areas of their use.
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
The student will be able to:
- to characterize different groups of non-ferrous metals;
- to describe properties of the most important non-ferrous metals and their alloys;
- to characterize the relationship between the properties and internal structure of non-ferrous metals and their alloys;
- to describe the main ways of increasing the properties in use of these materials;
- to compare individual materials, assess advantages and disadvantages for different areas of use.
Course Contents
1. Introduction; basic ways of classification of non-ferrous metals and their alloys; summary of characteristics and areas of use of non-ferrous metals.
2. Copper and its alloys; alloying elements, classification of copper alloys; heat treatment, structure and properties of individual types of alloys; main areas of use.
3. Aluminum and its alloys; alloying elements, classification of aluminum alloy; heat treatment, structure and properties of individual types of alloys; main areas of use.
4. Nickel and its alloys; alloying elements, classification of nickel alloys; heat treatment, structure and properties of individual types of alloys; nickel-based superalloys; main areas of use.
5. Titanium and its alloys; allotropic modifications of titanium; types of phase transformations; alloying elements, classification of titanium alloys; heat treatment, structure and properties of individual types of alloys; main areas of use.
6. Non-ferrous metals with high melting temperature and their alloys - tungsten, molybdenum, tantalum, alloying elements, main areas of application.
7. Magnesium and its alloys; alloying elements, classification of magnesium alloys; heat treatment, structure and properties of individual types of alloys; main areas of use.
Recommended or Required Reading
Required Reading:
AASM HANDBOOK. Vol.2, Properties and Selection: Nonferrous Alloys and Special-Purpose Material. 10th ed., Materials Park, Ohio, USA: ASM International, 2000. ISBN 978-0-87170-378-1.

ASM SPECIALLY HANDBOOK. Nickel, Cobalt, and Their Alloys. 2nd ed., Materials Park, Ohio, USA: ASM International, ed. J.R. Davis, 2001. ISBN 978-0-87170-685-0.

ASKELAND, D. R. and P. P. PHULÉ. The Science and Engineering of Materials. 5th ed. Canada: Thompson-Brooks/Cool, 2005. ISBN-13:978-0-534-55396-8.
MAZANEC, K. Fyzikální metalurgie neželezných kovů a složených materiálů. Ostrava: VŠB - TU Ostrava. 1994.

PÍŠEK, F. aj. Nauka o materiálu I/3. Praha: Academia, 1973.

PTÁČEK, L. aj. Nauka o materiálu II. Brno: Ak. vyd. CERM, 2002. ISBN 8072042483.

ASM HANDBOOK. Vol.2, Properties and Selection: Nonferrous Alloys and Special-Purpose Material. 10th ed., Materials Park, Ohio, USA: ASM International, 2000. ISBN 978-0-87170-378-1.
Recommended Reading:
DONACHIE, M. J., S. J.DONACHIE. Superalloys: a technical guide, 2nd ed., Materials Park, Ohio, USA: ASM International, 2002. ISBN-13: 978-0-87170-749-9.

CAMPBELL, F. Elements of Metallurgy and Engineering Alloys. Materials Park, Ohio, USA: ASM International, 2008. ISBN 9781615030583

ASKELAND, D.R., P.P.PHULÉ. Essentials of Materials Science and Engineering. 2nd ed., Toronto: Thompson-Brooks/Cool, 2009. ISBN-13: 978-0-495-24446-2.
LUKÁČ, I., Š. MICHNA. Atlas struktur a vad u hliníku a jeho slitin. Děčín: DeltaPrint, 1999. ISBN 80-238-4611-6.

MICHNA, Štefan aj. Encyklopedie hliníku. Prešov: Adin s.r.o., 2005. ISBN 80-89041-88-4.

SEDLÁČEK, V. Neželezné kovy a slitiny. Praha: SNTL, 1979.

DONACHIE, M. J., S. J. DONACHIE. Superalloys: a technical guide, 2nd ed., Materials Park, Ohio, USA: ASM International, 2002. ISBN-13: 978-0-87170-749-9.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures, Tutorials, Experimental work in labs
Assesment methods and criteria
Task TitleTask TypeMaximum Number of Points
(Act. for Subtasks)
Minimum Number of Points for Task Passing
Credit and ExaminationCredit and Examination100 (100)51
        CreditCredit30 15
        ExaminationExamination70 36