MH1014 Fundamentals of Materials

Course comparable to:
KD1160 Materials Chemistry for Materials Design
MH1010 Thermodynamics of Materials
SE1020 Hållfasthetslära grundkurs BD

The course covers metallic and ceramic materials. Apart from the specific aims given below the course gives an overview of these materials and their applications.  

After the course the student should be able to:

• sketch the most common crystal structures and give crystallographic orientations and planes in crystals using vectors and Millers indices.
• describe and interpret phase transformations (diffusion controlled as well as diffusionless) and couple these to mechanical properties.
• interpret microstructures and relate them to phase transformations.       
• explain/describe/recognize deformation- and strengthening mechanisms specifying the underlying cause (type of defects, microstructure etc).
• describe the most common corrosion and decomposition mechanisms for metallic and ceramic materials.
• use binary and ternary phase diagrams.
• perform simple calculations and estimations within all areas mentioned above
• basic terminology in Swedish and English.