Fundamentals of metallurgy, iron-carbon alloys and influence of other elements, phase transformations, thermal, combined chemical and thermal and thermo-mechanical processing, technical iron-carbon alloys, non-ferrous metals and their alloys, plastics, structural ceramics, composites, selection of materials.

1. Iron-carbon alloys and influence of other elements
2. Fundamentals of metallurgy (classical metallurgical processes, special metallurgical processes)
3. Phase transformations in ferrous alloys (austenitization, pearlitic, bainitic and martensitic transformation, tempering, T-T-T diagrams)
4. Heat treatment of ferrous alloys (annealing, quenching, face hardening)
5. Heat treatment in controlled atmospheres (carburizing, nitriding, carbonitriding, nitrocarburizing) and hot working
6. Classification of steels and their designation
7. Structural steels
8. Tool steels
9. Cast irons
10. Nonferrous metals and their alloys, processing
11. Powder metallurgy and applications, technical ceramics
12. Plastics and their processing
13. Composites - production and processing
14. Selection of materials

Equilibrium structures of steels, Grain size, Hardenability of steels, Hardness of case-hardened layer, Precipitation hardening, Structure and mechanical properties of plastics, Modulus of elasticity of plastics, Modulus of elasticity of composites, Assessment of quality of cast irons,
Presentation of individual projects

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[2] SHACKELFORD, J.F. : Introduction to Materials Science for Engineers, Pearson, 2021 (In English)
[3] MACEK, K. a kol. Nauka o materiálu, cvičení. Praha: Vydavatelství ČVUT v Praze, 2007 (In Czech)

100% presence at all laboratory training courses, elaboration of measurement protocols, individual projects (2-4 pages) submitted.

Metallurgy, ferrous alloys, phase transformations, heat treatment, non-ferrous metals, plastics, structural ceramics, composites.