SYLLABUS

University: Technical University of Košice

Faculty: Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Informatics

Department: Department of Physics

Course Number: 2618721

Course Name: Structure and Properties of Materials

Type, scope and method of learning activities:
Course Type: Lecture, Numerical exercises
Recommended scope of the course content (in hours):
Full-time study (hours per week): 3,2
Part-time study (hours per semester): ST 39,26
Study Method: Attendance

Number of credits: 6

Recommended semester of study: ST

Recommended semester

Study programme

Study grade

Study Method

2.rok ST

Physical Engineering of Advanced Materials (FIPM_Bc_D_sk)

Bachelor

Attendance

Level of study:

Prerequisites:

Course completion requirements:
Assessment and completion of the course: Credit test and examination
Continuous assessment: Student passes the continuous assessment and receives credits when he or she meets the requirement to obtain at least 21% out of 40%.
Credit test
Final assessment: Student passes the final assessment and passes the examination when he or she meets the requirement to obtain at least 31% out of 60%.
oral examination
Overall assessment: Overall assessment is the sum of the assessments obtained by students in the assessment period. The overall result is determined in accordance with the internal regulations of the Technical University in Košice. (Study Regulations, the internal regulation principles of doctoral studies)

Learning outcomes:
Taking as a background already attended courses on basic physics and chemistry, the students will be provided with systematic basic knowledge on the structure of materials, their classes and properties, that will be later deepened in specialized lectures.

Brief course content:
Atoms, molecules, chemical bonds and condensed matters.
Structure of materials – introduction to crystalography, crystalline and amorphous materials, structure of pollymers, liquid crystals, composites. Relation between structure and properties of materials, principles of experimental techniques used in investigation of material structure.
Mechanical properties – defects in crystals, deformation, mechanical stress and hardness of materials, dislocations. Thermal properties – fonons, thermal conductivity and capacity.
Electrical properties – electrical conductivity of metals and semiconductors, superconductors. Principles of electronics.
Magnetic properties – classification of magnetic materials, dia-, para-, ferro- and ferimagnetic materials.
Optical properties of materials.

Recommended Reference Sources:
1. J.F. Shackelford: Introduction to Materials Science for Engineers, 5th Ed., Prentice-Hall, 2000.
2. W.D. Callister, Jr.: Materials Science and Engineering - An Introduction, 6th Ed., John Wiley and Sons, Inc., 2003.
3. D.R. Askeland, P.P. Phule: The Science and Engineering of Materials, 4th Edition, , Thomson Learning-Brooks/Cole, 2003.
4. W.D. Callister, Jr.: Fundamentals of Materials Science and Engineering, 2nd Ed., John Wiley and Sons, Inc., 2005.
5. M.A. Wahab: Structure and Properties of Materials, 2nd Ed., Alpha Science International Ltd., 2005.

Recommended optional program components:

Languages required for the course completion: Slovak, English

Notes:

Course assessment:
Total number of students assessed: 54

31%

26%

11%

17%

Teacher:
doc. RNDr. Jozef Kravčák, PhD.
RNDr. Peter Vrábel, PhD.

Last modified: 31.08.2022

Approved by: person(s) responsible for the study program