History and present state of materials engineering, overview of technical materials, internal structure of metals, crystal lattices and their defects, deformation, recrystallization and fracture of materials, structure and properties of materials and their testing, fundamentals of thermodynamics, phases and phase transformations, iron-carbon phase diagram.

1. Introduction (history, use of materials, outlooks, technical, economical and environmental aspects, significance of materials science course)
2. Theoretical fundamentals of materials science (atomic and molecular structure, interatomic and intermolecular bonds)
3. Physical and chemical properties
4. Crystal lattices and their defects, Miller indices
5. Stress and strain
6. Development of failures and fracture
7. Mechanical properties and their testing (special emphasis on - fracture mechanics, fatigue, creep and relaxation)
8. Recovery and recrystallization
9. Technological properties (informative)
10. Fundamental thermodynamic terms and laws
11. Heat and mass transfer
12. Phases and phase transformations
13. Binary and ternary equilibrium diagrams
14. Iron-carbon phase diagram

Tensile testing of steel, Hardness measurement.
Impact fracture test, Cast iron tests.
Presentation of individual task, ungraded assessment test.

[1] CALLISTER, W.D.,Jr. Material science and engineering: An introduction, J.Willey & sons, N.Y., 1994 (In English)
[2] SHACKELFORD, J.F. Materials Science for Engineers, Pearson Prentice Hall, New Jersey, 2005 (In English)
[3] MACEK, K. a kol. Nauka o materiálu cvičení

100% presence at all 4 laboratory training courses, elaboration of measurement protocols, individual project (2-4 pages) submitted, passing ungraded assessment test at end of term.

Crystal lattice, stress, strain, recrystallization, fracture mechanics, mechanical properties, thermodynamics, diffusion, phases, equilibrium diagrams.