1. Introduction to Materials Science and Engineering
1.1. Materials Science and Engineering Framework. Concept
1.2. Types of Materials: Classification
1.3. Selection of materials
1.4. Relationship between structure, properties and processing
2. Bonding in solids
2.1. Types and nature of bonding in solids
2.2. Ionic bond
2.3. Covalent bond.
2.4. Metallic bond. Band theory and other theories
3. Crystalline structures
3.1. Energy and crystalline lattices
3.2. Description of the crystalline structure
3.3. Main metallic structures.
3.4. Interstitial and hole positions
3.5. Atomic positions, directions, and crystallographic planes
3.6. Comparison between FCC, HCP and BCC crystalline structures
3.7. Atomic density in crystals: linear, planar and volumetric
3.8. Packing factor: occupied volume/total volume
4. Defects in solids
4.1. Perfect and imperfect crystals: thermodynamic considerations.
4.2. Types of defects
4.3. Classification of defects: point, lineal, planar and surface.
4.4. Solid solutions in metals and ceramics.
5. Mass transport: diffusion.
5.1. Definition and mechanism of solid state diffusion.
5.2. Mechanism of solid state diffusion
5.3. Macroscopic laws governing diffusion.
5.4. Factors that influence the diffusion process
6. Phase equilibrium diagrams.
6.1. General concepts. Constituents, phases and components
6.2. Phase diagrams of one-component systems and Binary Systems
6.3. Ceramic phase diagrams
7. Charge Transport: Electrical Properties
7.1. Classification of materials based on their electrical properties.
7.2. Resistivity in Conductive Materials (metals)
7.3. Semiconductor materials.
7.4. Insulators and dielectric materials.
7.5. Application
8. Mechanical properties
8.1. Methods and Types of mechanical tests
Different mechanical test: Uniaxial tensile test: nominal stress and strain, Charpy method, flexion test,¿.
8.2. Hardening mechanisms
8.3. Hardness
9. Metallic Materials
9.1. Classification. Ferrous and non-ferrous alloys. General characteristics of:
9.2. Obtaining metallic materials: Solidification: Nucleation and Growth
9.3. 3.Forming by plastic deformation: Strain hardening
9.4. Steels: Transformations in equilibrium in the Fe-C system.
9.5. Steels: Transformations out of equilibrium in the Fe-C system.
10. Ceramic materials
10.1. General and particular properties and Classification.
10.2. Main ionic crystalline structures.
10.3. Structure of covalent ceramics.
10.4. Non-crystalline ceramic materials: glasses.
10.5. Fabrication and Processing of ceramic materials
11. Polymeric materials
11.1. Bond and general Characteristics
11.2. Reaction of synthesis: Polymerization
11.3. Thermal behaviour: thermal transitions: Tm and Tg
11.4. Classification of polymers: Thermoplastics, thermosets and elastomers
11.5. Mechanical behavior.
11.6. Processing of polymer materials
12. Composite materials.
12.1. Classification according to the type of reinforcement and matrix
12.2. Rule of mixtures
12.3. MC reinforced with particles (by dispersion and with particles)
12.4. Fiber-reinforced MC
12.5. Elastic properties (MC with polymeric matrix and continuous fibers)
12.6. Structural materials (laminates and sandwich structures)
12.7. Synthesis and Applications of MC
12.8. Processing of Composite Materials