Course: Surfaces and Their Treatment

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Course title Surfaces and Their Treatment
Course code KMM/POUA
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Tutorial
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 6
Language of instruction English
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Hrdina Petr, doc. Ing. Ph.D.
  • Karlová Mari, doc. Ing. Ph.D.
Course content
Overview of lecture topics: 1. Surface properties. 2. Principles of product protection. 3. Corrosion, wear and failure of coating. 4. Preliminary surface treatments (mechanical, grease removal, pickling). 5. Inorganic coating (chemical, enamel, spray). 6. Metal coatings and layers (chemical, thermal, galvanic). 7. Organic coating (paintings, plastics). 8. Technology of surface treatment, environment protection. 9. Testing of quality of surface treatment.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture supplemented with a discussion, Laboratory work, Practicum
  • Preparation for formative assessments (2-20) - 2 hours per semester
  • Preparation for laboratory testing; outcome analysis (1-8) - 2 hours per semester
  • Contact hours - 65 hours per semester
  • Preparation for comprehensive test (10-40) - 10 hours per semester
  • Graduate study programme term essay (40-50) - 40 hours per semester
  • Preparation for an examination (30-60) - 30 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
to describe the basic chemical processes including the corresponding nomenclature to describe the atomic ordering and the types of atomic bindings to describe phase transformations during solidification of Fe - C base alloys to describe the standard types of the heat treatments of materials
Skills
to solve basic chemical equations to interpret observed structures of metallic materials
Competences
N/A
learning outcomes
Knowledge
to describe processes ongoing during different surface interactions to describe possibility of degradation surface owing chemical incidence surrounding environment and mechanical effect surrounding bodies to explain the possibility of surface treatment for certain applications to describe principle of devices and measures methods for surface treatments
Skills
to evaluate individual methods of surface treatments to suggest (including justification) a suitable type of for assigned component to work up production process anticorrosive measures for assigned component to evaluate accuracy of design surface treatment on assigned components to design check method measurement of properties
Competences
N/A
teaching methods
Knowledge
Lecture supplemented with a discussion
Practicum
Laboratory work
Multimedia supported teaching
Skills
Laboratory work
Task-based study method
Field trip
Practicum
Students' portfolio
Multimedia supported teaching
Competences
Lecture supplemented with a discussion
Practicum
Individual study
Students' portfolio
Multimedia supported teaching
assessment methods
Knowledge
Test
Oral exam
Seminar work
Skills
Skills demonstration during practicum
Individual presentation at a seminar
Competences
Oral exam
Recommended literature
  • Bhushan Bharat. Handbook of Micro/Nano Tribology: Second Edition. United States, 1999. ISBN 0-8493-8402-8.
  • JONES, D.A. Principles and prevention of corrosion. 1996.
  • Oyen, Michelle L. Handbook of nanoindentation : with biological applications. Singapore, 2011. ISBN 978-981-4241-89-.
  • REVIE, W., R. Corrosion and Corrosion Control. 2008. ISBN 978-0-471-73279-2.
  • Yongdong, Xu; Yan, Xiu-Tian. Chemical vapour deposition : an integrated engineering design for advanced materials. London, 2010. ISBN 978-1-84882-893-.


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