Materials Science and Engineering

1.1- Concepts of Materials Science and Engineering. Families of Materials. Properties, applications and selection of materials.

1.2- Bonding in solids. Relation between bonding, structure and properties of materials.

2.1- Crystalline Structures (metallic and ceramic). Structures of polymers. Amorphous materials. Concept of glass transition.

2.2- Atomic positions, crystallographic directions and planes. Linear, planar and volumetric densities in crystals.

2.3- Defects in crystals. Concept of solid solution.

2.4- Diffusion in solids.

3.1- Basic concepts. Phase diagram of a single component. Systems of two components with partial solubility. Precipitation in solid state. Invariant Reactions. Intermetallic compounds. Congruent and incongruent melting.

3.2- System Fe-C. Phase diagrams of ceramics.

4.1- Definition of mechanical properties. Concepts. Elastic deformation and plastic deformation. Slip systems. Hardening mechanisms.

4.2- Application to ceramics. Application to polymers. Hardness.

5.1- Solidification. Classification of metal alloys. Steels: Equilibrium phase transformation.

5.2- Steels: Non-equilibrium phase transformations. TTT Diagrams and heat treatments.

5.3- Types of steels: stainless, tool. Light alloys. Copper alloys.

6.1- Structure and bonding in ceramic materials. Silicates structure. Glasses.

6.2- Properties of ceramic materials. Processing of ceramic materials. Applications.

7.1- General concepts. Classification. Properties.

7.2- Types of polymers. Processing.

8.1- Classification of composite materials. Polymer matrix composite materials.

8.2- Processing of composite materials. Problems related to polymeric and composite materials.

9.1- Metallic conductors. Non-metallic conductors. Semiconductors.

9.2- Insulating materials and dielectrics. Magnetic materials.