636-2018/01 – Non-ferrous Metals (NŽK)
| Gurantor department | Department of Material Engineering | Credits | 6 |
| Subject guarantor | Ing. Kateřina Konečná, Ph.D. | Subject version guarantor | Ing. Kateřina Konečná, Ph.D. |
| Study level | undergraduate or graduate | Requirement | Compulsory |
| Year | 3 | Semester | winter |
| | Study language | Czech |
| Year of introduction | 2019/2020 | Year of cancellation | |
| Intended for the faculties | FMT | Intended for study types | Bachelor |
Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences
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.
Teaching methods
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Experimental work in labs
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.
Compulsory literature:
Recommended literature:
Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester
Continuous verification of learning outcomes:
full-time study form - 1 writen test, 3 writen programs during the semester;
combined study form - 1 semestral project.
Final verification of study results:
writen test, oral exam.
E-learning
Other requirements
There are no further requirements.
Prerequisities
Subject has no prerequisities.
Co-requisities
Subject has no co-requisities.
Subject syllabus:
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.
Conditions for subject completion
Occurrence in study plans
Occurrence in special blocks
Assessment of instruction