The course is intended to give an introduction to the fundamental structure, properties and applications of metals. The course deals with:
- Atomic structure of metallic materials
- Relations between structure and properties
- Dislocations and other lattice defects
- Mechanical properties, elastic and plastic deformation
- Binary phase diagrams and solidification structures of these
- Hardening mechanisms
- Solid phase transformations including the concept of diffusion and diffusionless phase transformations
- Solidification and segregation
- Construction metals and production processes
- The fundamental structure of composites
- Fracture and time-dependent deformation
- Corrosion and time-dependent degradation of metals
- Handling of light optical microscopy (LOM)