Course: Science of Metallic Materials I

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Course title Science of Metallic Materials I
Course code TUVI/TP6KM
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Tutorial
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 5
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Bednařík Martin, doc. Ing. Ph.D.
  • Žaludek Milan, Ing. Ph.D.
Course content
1. Disorders of the internal structure and their significance. 2. Selected types of equilibrium binary diagrams. 3. Tool steels - division according to chemical composition and use. 4. Non-ferrous metals and their alloys, heat treatment, structure and use. 5. Selected tests of metallic and non-metallic materials. 6. Hardness, microhardness and nanohardness tests of metals, polymers and ceramics. 7. Coating technology. 8. Nitriding. Principle, nitriding steels, structure and properties of nitriding layers. 9. Cementation. Recapitulation of basic technologies and principles. 10. Powder metallurgy.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecturing, Demonstration, Simple experiments, Practice exercises
  • Preparation for examination - 150 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
Knowledge of the basics of mathematics, physics, chemistry and mechanics at the secondary school level.
Knowledge of the basics of mathematics, physics, chemistry and mechanics at the secondary school level.
learning outcomes
Characterize individual steel and cast iron marking systems.
Characterize individual steel and cast iron marking systems.
Describe the method of working with basic equilibrium binary diagrams.
Describe the method of working with basic equilibrium binary diagrams.
Define individual methods of measuring mechanical and technological properties of structural materials.
Define individual methods of measuring mechanical and technological properties of structural materials.
Characterize the behavior of structural materials depending on the action of basic types of stress.
Characterize the behavior of structural materials depending on the action of basic types of stress.
Define changes in materials caused by thermal and chemical-thermal treatment.
Define changes in materials caused by thermal and chemical-thermal treatment.
Skills
Work with basic types of equilibrium binary diagrams.
Work with basic types of equilibrium binary diagrams.
Design and describe the cooling curves of the given alloys.
Design and describe the cooling curves of the given alloys.
Operate laboratory equipment designed for measuring mechanical and technological properties.
Operate laboratory equipment designed for measuring mechanical and technological properties.
Choose a suitable type of heat treatment depending on the required properties and structure of the material.
Choose a suitable type of heat treatment depending on the required properties and structure of the material.
Work with diagrams describing the isothermal and anisothermal decomposition of austenite.
Work with diagrams describing the isothermal and anisothermal decomposition of austenite.
teaching methods
Knowledge
Lecturing
Lecturing
Demonstration
Demonstration
Skills
Practice exercises
Practice exercises
Simple experiments
Simple experiments
assessment methods
Knowledge
Written examination
Written examination
Oral examination
Oral examination
Recommended literature
  • ASM Handbook, Vol. 9, Metallography and Microstructures. ASM International, Materials Park, OH, 2004.
  • PTÁČEK, L. Nauka o materiálu I. 505 s.. Brno: CERM, 2001. ISBN 8072041932.
  • PTÁČEK, L. Nauka o materiálu II. 2. opr. a rozš. vyd. 392 s.. Brno: CERM, 2002. ISBN 8072042483.
  • RAJPUT, R.K. A Textbook of Manufacturing Technology: Manufacturing Processes. 2nd Ed. xxvii, 899 s.. Bengaluru: Laxmi Publications, 2015. ISBN 9788131802441.


Study plans that include the course
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