327-0612-AAL Metals II
| Semester | Autumn Semester 2018 |
| Lecturers | R. Spolenak |
| Periodicity | every semester recurring course |
| Language of instruction | English |
| Comment | Enrolment ONLY for MSc students with a decree declaring this course unit as an additional admission requirement. Any other students (e.g. incoming exchange students, doctoral students) CANNOT enrol for this course unit. |
| Abstract | Introduction to materials selection. Basic knowledge of major metallic materials: aluminium, magnesium, titanium, copper, iron and steel. Selected topics in high temperature materials: nickel and iron-base superalloys, intermetallics and refractory metals. |
| Learning objective | Introduction to materials selection. Basic knowledge of major metallic materials: aluminium, magnesium, titanium, copper, iron and steel. Selected topics in high temperature materials: nickel and iron-base superalloys, intermetallics and refractory metals. |
| Content | This course is devided into five parts: A. Materials selection Principles of materials properties maps Introduction to the 'Materials selector' software package Case studies B. Light metals and alloys Aluminium, magnesium, titanium Properties and hardening mechanisms Case studies in technological applications C. Copper and its alloys D. Iron and steel The seven pros for steel Fine grained steels, heat resistant steels Steel and corrosion phenomena Selection and application E. High temperature alloys Superalloys: iron, nickel, cobalt Intermetallics: properties and application |
| Lecture notes | http://www.met.mat.ethz.ch/education/lect_scripts |
| Literature | Gottstein, Physikalische Grundlagen der Materialkunde, Springer Verlag Ashby/Jones, Engineering Materials 1 & 2, Pergamon Press Ashby, Materials Selection in Mechanical Design, Pergamon Press Porter/Easterling, Transformations in Metals and Alloys, Chapman & Hall Bürgel, Handbuch Hochtemperatur-Werkstofftechnik, Vieweg Verlag |
| Prerequisites / Notice | Prerequisites: Metals I |