last modified: 07/03/2006

Course code: MS4121
Course name: Practicals Materials Science
This concerns a Practical
In the program of MSc MSE and of
EC (European Credits): 4 (1 EC concerns a work load of 28 hours)
Faculty of Mechanical, Maritime and Materials Engineering
Department of MSE
Lecturer 1: Dr.ir. M.J.M. Hermans	Tel.: 015 - 27 82286 /
Lecturer 2:
Lecturer 3:
Catalog data: materials science, characterisation techniques	Course year:	MSc 1^st year
	Course language:	English
		In case of Dutch: Please contact the lecturer about an English alternative, whenever needed.
	Semester:	1A / 1B
	Hours per week:
	Other hours:
	Assessment:
	Assessment period:	1A / 1B
	(see academic calendar)
Prerequisites (course codes):
Follow up (course codes):
Detailed description of topics: A research-like subject involving techniques such as microscopy, XRD, SEM, temperature measurements, dilatometry, welding and corrosion. • Sample Preparation and Metallographic Microscopy, 4hr. • Introduction in the use and application of Scanning Electron Microscopy and Energy Dispersive X-ray Spectroscopy in materials research. 8 hr, lab report. • Microstructure evolution during welding of unalloyed steel (Welding, temperature measurement, dilatometry, microscopy, microstructure evaluation, CCT diagrams), 16 hr, written report. • Corrosion, electro-chemistry and materials selection – Case studies; 28 hr, lab report, presentation. • X-ray diffraction; 24 hr, lab report.
Course material: Manuals of the lab-classes will be made available at Blackboard. The manual should be studied before the start of the class
References from literature:
Remarks assessment, entry requirements, etc.: See 'Detailed description of topics' for various assessment methods (written report, lab report, presentation)
Learning goals: The student is able to select techniques for materials/process characterisation, can describe those techniques, specify the physical principles and can interpret the obtained results. More specifically, the students is able to: • use light microscopy for materials characterisation. This includes sample preparation and selection of appropriate etching agents, • describe the principles and justify the use of scanning electron microscopy and energy dispersive x-ray spectroscopy in materials research and is able to analyse the data, • describe the principles of the x-ray diffraction technique and analyse the data, • describe a number of joining techniques, perform temperature measurements during welding and extract cooling rates. He/she is able to relate this data to the microstructure of the material, • derive information on phase transformations from dilatometry experiments, compare the results to CCT diagrams and correlate the data with the observed microstructure and the phenomena occurring during welding and heat treatments, • identify corrosion mechanisms and quantify parameters which influence the corrosion rate.
Computer use: Computer use for data evaluation of XRD, control of experimental set-ups, reports
Laboratory project(s): yes
Design content: