Course GMP2LL

An Introduction to Materials Science

7.5 Credits
First Cycle

Main field of study: Materials Technology

The course has no instances planned right now

Learning outcomes for the course

After completing the course, students will be able to:

  • describe the structure of metals, polymers, ceramics, and  composite materials
  • describe the properties, especially the mechanical properties, of engineering metals, polymers, ceramics, and composite materials, and the way these affect the most important applications for these materials
  • describe and sketch the most common metal crystal structures, and  label the planes and directions of these
  • explain the basic heat treatment processes for metals and be able to use the binary phase diagrams, especially the Fe-C phase diagram
  • identify and describe common microstructures of metallic material and explain the influence of structure and phase transformations on the resulting mechanical properties
  • describe the concepts of elastic and plastic deformation and use the  most common methods for mechanical testing of material, especially metals
  • describe the most common hardening mechanisms of metallic material
  • work with common techniques for material testing and light optical microscopy.