Experimental Methods in Material Science

Lecturer:

Ladislav Cvrček, Petr Špatenka (guarantor)

Tutor:

Ladislav Cvrček, Petr Špatenka (guarantor)

Supervisor:

Department of Materials Engineering

Synopsis:

•Advanced imaging and diffraction methods I - scanning electron microscopy,

•Advanced imaging and diffraction methods II - transmission electron microscopy and diffraction

•X-ray diffraction). High-energy and low-energy electron diffraction.

•Determination of texture

•Atomic force microscopy

•Combined physical methods of microanalysis of chemical composition (wave and energy dispersion).

•Selected problems of thermal analysis, calorimetry and internal friction.

•Special methods for polymer materials (solution and spectroscopic methods, mechanical spectrometry).

•Anlyses of mechanical and chemical properties of coatings (thickness, adhesion, corrosion)

•Surface analyses (structure, roughness, surface energy)

•Tribological properties of materials

•Selected optical methods (IR, GDOS, Raman spectroscopy)

•Summary

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Study materials:

•BRANDON, D. G. a Wayne D. KAPLAN. Microstructural characterization of materials. 2nd ed. Chichester, England: John Wiley, c2008. ISBN 9780470027844.

•BHUSHAN, Bharat. Principles and applications of tribology. Second edition. Hoboken: Wiley, John Wiley & Sons, 2013. ISBN 9781119944546.

Note:

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The course is a part of the following study plans: