Bf.63 Materials Science (Autumn)
Contents In Materials Science, the connection between the manufacturing of materials and their chemical compositions, physical structures and optical, electrical, magnetic and mechanical properties is investigated. The research is interdisciplinary with contributions from physics, chemistry, mechanics and technology. Examples of recent developments are optical fibres for communication, high-Tc superconductors and structures with characteristic length scales in the nanometer range. Parallel with a rapid experimental development, e.g. new manufacturing processes and techniques for structural characterisation, a theoretical understanding of relevant mechanisms in the manufacturing and the dependence of the materials properties on the microstructure is developed.
In the course, the basics of Materials Science will be presented. To understand various manufacturing routes, the thermodynamics of materials and phase diagrams will be examined. Based on (chemical) diffusion, the stability of materials will be discussed, including diffusional and diffusionless phase transformations. Among other topics which will be discussed are grain and interface boundaries and their influence on the properties of materials.
Text-book
D. A. Porter and K. E. Easterling, Phase Transformation in Metals and Alloys (Van Nostrand Reinhold UK).
Teacher
Jørgen Bøttiger
Points/ECTS-credits
1/5