| Educational guide School of Chemical Engineering |
english |
| Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering (2010) |
 Subjects |
| SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF MATERIALS |
| Contents |
| IDENTIFYING DATA | 2023_24 |
| Subject | SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF MATERIALS | Code | 20224112 | |||||
| Study programme |
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Cycle | 1st | |||||
| Descriptors | Credits | Type | Year | Period | ||||
| 6 | Compulsory | Second | 1Q |
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| Competences | Learning outcomes | Contents |
| Planning | Methodologies | Personalized attention |
| Assessment | Sources of information | Recommendations |
| Topic | Sub-topic |
| 1. Introduction to engineering materials |
Description of the different types of materials |
| 2. Chemical bonding in materials |
Types of chemical bonds in the different materials. Correlation with material properties. |
| 3. Crystal structure |
Bravais lattices. Reticular parameters. Crystalline structure in metals and ceramics. |
| 4. Defects in the crystalline structure. Diffusion | Diffusion in solids. Types of defects in the crystal structure. Diffusion and activation energy. Applications to the carburization of surfaces. |
| 5. Phase diagrams. Evolution of the microstructure | Phase rule. Types of binary systems (with total and partial miscibility). Eutectic, eutectoid and peritectic systems. Fe-C diagram. Lever rule. Evolution of the microstructure during slow cooling. |
| 6. Kinetics and thermal treatments | Kinetics of phase transformations. TTT diagrams (time/temperature/transformation). Thermal treatments. |
| 7. Metals and alloys. Mechanical properties |
Types of alloys. Steels and foundries. Dislocations and mechanical properties of metals. |
| 8.- Ceramics and glasses. |
Types of ceramic materials. Glasses. Applications and mechanical properties. |
| 9.- Polymers | Concept and structure. Applications |
| Themes 3, 5, 7 and 9 include laboratory classes. |
