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

Introductory lesson, safety instructions for laboratories
Tensile test of steels
Hardness tests
Charpy impact test
Fatigue test
Cast iron tests and credit test
Classified assessement

[1] CALLISTER, W.D.,Jr. Material science and engineering: An introduction, J.Willey & sons, N.Y., 1994 (In English)
[2] SHACKELFORD, J.F. Intrduction to Materials Science for Engineers, Pearson, 2021 (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.