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Teaching GuideTerm Faculty of Science |
| Grao en Química |
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| Materials Science |
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| Identifying Data | 2017/18 | |||||||||||||
| Subject | Materials Science | Code | 610G01035 | |||||||||||
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| Descriptors | Cycle | Period | Year | Type | Credits | |||||||||
| Graduate | 1st four-month period |
Fourth | Obligatoria | 6 | ||||||||||
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| Topic | Sub-topic |
| I. Introductory Section | • Introduction to Materials Science • Criteria for classification of Materials • Criteria for selection of Materials • Mechanical tests and properties • Structure, microstructure and phase diagrams |
| II. Families of Materials | • Metals and alloys (steels, cast irons and non-ferrous alloys) • Ceramics (clay products, refractories, abrasives, cements, glasses, advanced ceramics) • Polymers (thermoplastics, termosetting polymers, elastomers) • Composites •Synthesis and processing tecniques |
| III: Materials of technological interest | • Materials for the electrical and electronic industries: metals, semiconductors, superconductors, dielectrics, ferroelectrics, piezoelectrics, ionic conductors , etc. Devices. • Magnetic materials: ferromagnetic, ferrimagnetic and antiferro-magnetic.Hard and soft magnetic materials. Main apllications (motors, magnetic storage, etc.) • Introduction to optical materials and their applications |
| IV: New trends in Materials Science and examples of selection of materials | • Biomaterials, nanomaterials, etc. • Examples of selection of materials |
| V: Materials Laboratoy | • Synnthesis and processing • Characterization and study of materials properties |
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