Course detail
Metallic Materials
FCH-BCO_KOVAcad. year: 2018/2019
1. Metal bond.
2. Basic types of crystal lattice.
3. Miller´s indicies, groups of equivalent planes.
4. Categorization of metals according their properties, purity. Polymorphism of metals.
5. Defects o lattices.
6. Solid solutions (Hume-Rothery rules).
7. Gibbs energy. Nucleation, energy balance. TTT diagrams.
8. Binary diagrams.
9. Diffusion (Fick´s laws).
10. Heat treatment of metals.
11. Corrosion of metals.
12. Non-ferrous metals.
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Learning outcomes of the course unit
1) Based on composition information, describe the phase composition, and chemical nature of phases present in an alloy.
2) Explain differences of structures of most common steel grades, estimate their fundamental properties (weldability, quenchability, tensile strength, corrosion resistance) according their standardized designation .
3) Describe the specifics of brasses, bronzes, duralumins and other nonferrous alloys.
4) Describe the basic meanings of research of metallic materials (metallography, analytic microscopy, corrosion tests, mechanical properties).
Prerequisites
Structure of materials
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Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes
Course curriculum
2. Metal bond – deduction by method MO-LCAO, properties. Arrangement of atoms in crystal lattice.
3. Real structures – defects, their formation and their meaning for chemical, corrosion and mechanical properties of materials.
4. Alloys – solid solutions, intermetallic compounds, Hume – Rothery rules for solid solutions (based on chemical nature of mixed metals). Properties of intermetallic compounds.
5. Equilibrium binary phase diagrams, derivation of composition of alloys.
6. Kinetics and thermodynamics of phase transformations. Diffusion, its mechanisms and quantitative description (during coating formation).
7. Electrochemical properties of metals, corrosion, high-temperature corrosion. Chemistry of corrosion products.
8. Corrosion protection – chemical technology of surface treatments and pretreatments.
9. Means of research of metallic materials, corrosion mechanisms and surface treatments.
10. Basic steel grades. Their composition and information contained in their standardized designation.
11. Nonferrous metals and their alloys: Copper, brasses, bronzes. Aluminum, duralumins.
12. Nonferrous metals and their alloys: Magnesium, zinc, titanium, chromium, nickel, Summary of other metals and their use.
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Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences
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Prerequisites and corequisites
Basic literature
WASSERBAUER, J.; TKACZ, J.; BŘEZINA, M.: Praktikum z kovových materiálů
W.D. Callister, Jr.: Materials Science and Engineering: An Introduction. 5th ed., John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2000. (CS)
Recommended reading
P. Kratochvíl, P. Lukáč, B. Sprušil: Úvod do fyziky kovů I. SNTL, Praha 1984. (CS)
Z. Jonšta: Nauka o kovech II. VŠB-TU, Ostrava 2000. (CS)
Classification of course in study plans
- Programme BKCP_CHCHT Bachelor's
branch BKCO_CHM , 3 year of study, summer semester, compulsory-optional
- Programme BPCP_CHCHT Bachelor's
branch BPCO_CHM , 3 year of study, summer semester, compulsory-optional
- Programme CKCP_CZV lifelong learning
branch CKCO_CZV , 1 year of study, summer semester, compulsory-optional