637-0905/01 – Structure and Properties of Non-Ferrous Metals (SVNK)
Gurantor department | Department of Non-ferrous Metals, Refining and Recycling | Credits | 10 |
Subject guarantor | doc. Dr. Ing. Monika Losertová | Subject version guarantor | prof. Ing. Miroslav Kursa, CSc. |
Study level | postgraduate | Requirement | Choice-compulsory |
Year | | Semester | winter + summer |
| | Study language | Czech |
Year of introduction | 2004/2005 | Year of cancellation | 2010/2011 |
Intended for the faculties | FMT | Intended for study types | Doctoral |
Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences
Student of postgraduate study will gain the following abilities:
- explain relationships between structure and basic properties of materials
- apply basic principles of diffusion in solids on transformations in alloys
- describe plastic deformation mechanisms in metals and alloys
- define basic types of phase transformations in metals and alloys
- classify and make an overview of basic properties of metals and alloys for structural, electromagnetic, superconducting, automotive, aerospace and other applications
- compare and select individual types of materials according to selected properties for specific applications
- optimise material and technological parameters of preparation and treatment of materials
- formulate advantages and disadvantages of applications of nonferrous metal in various industries
- evaluate influence of possible impurities on service properties of metals and their alloys
- characterise the failure behaviour of metallic materials
- recommend suitable thermo-mechanical treatment for modification of structures and properties of materials
- select an optimum material for various areas of application from the viewpoint of their mechanical properties and interaction with the environment
- apply the findings at solution of technical problems
Teaching methods
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Summary
Classification of nonferrous metals. Physical and mechanical properties of metals and alloys. Influence of impurities and alloying elements on basic properties of metals and their alloys, mechanisms of interactions and possibility of their employment to modify metals and alloys properties. Phase diagrams, phase transformations, heat treatment, stability and metastability of phases applied on the selected advanced alloys.
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Additional study materials
Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester
tutorial
E-learning
Other requirements
Prerequisities
Subject has no prerequisities.
Co-requisities
Subject has no co-requisities.
Subject syllabus:
1. General overview of materials and application domains
2. Copper alloys, bronzes, brasses, Cu-Ni alloys. Physical and metallurgical features. Structures, properties and application.
3. Nickel alloys with specific mechanical, magnetic and corrosion properties. Structures, properties and application.
4. Superalloys.Physical and metallurgical features. Phase stability. Structures, properties and application.
5. Aluminum and Al alloys. Physical and metallurgical features. Heat treatment, G-P zones, precipitation strengthening. Structures, properties and application.
6. Magnesium and alloys. Structures, properties and application.
7. Berylium and alloys. Structures, properties and application.
8. Lithium and alloys. Structures, properties and application.
9. Titanium alloys (Alpha, alpha+beta, beta). Phase transformations, precipitation process. Efect of heat treatment on microstructure features and properties. Application.
10. Intermetallics. Physical and metallurgical features. Phase stability. Structures, properties and application.(Ni3Al, NiAl, Ti3Al, TiAl, NiTi, Ni3Si, Fe3Si, MoSi2, SmCo5 and others).
11. Refractory metals (Mo,Re,W,Ta,Nb,Zr,Hf) and alloys. Physical and metallurgical features.Structures, properties and application.
12. Shape memory alloys. Physical and metallurgical features, heat treatment. Structures, properties and application. NiTi, TiNb, Cu-Zn-Al, Cu-Al-Ni.
13. Metal glasses. Stability. Preparation. Structures, properties and application.
14. Metal foams. Stability. Preparation. Structures, properties and application.
15. Biocompatible materials. Biocompatibility conditions. Classification, structures, properties and application.
16. Bearing materials. Physical and metallurgical features, structures, properties and application.
17. Noble metals (Au, Ag, Pt, Pd,..) and alloys. Structures, properties and application.
18. Functionnaly graded materials. Physical and metallurgical features, structures, properties, preparation and application.
19. Metal matrix composites. Physical and metallurgical features, structures, properties and application.
Conditions for subject completion
Occurrence in study plans
Occurrence in special blocks
Assessment of instruction
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