Abstract:

Materials Science subject is taught in the fourth year of the Bachelor of Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of the Basque Country, and has assigned 60 credits, including lectures, seminars and classroom. The competences and objectives of the course are:
(i) understanding the relationships between structure, properties and processing of various types of materials and their selection according to the intended applications.
(Ii) Using education and training in new skills for existing or emerging fields related to Chemistry.
(iii) The basic objective of the course is to provide students the theoretical and practical knowledge to enable them to understand the relationship between structure and properties of materials, also taking into account the influence of processing.

In particular it is, that students know the different kinds of materials, understand their general behavior, characteristic properties and potentiality. This understanding is necessary to be able to participate in the design of components, systems and reliable and economic processes that use the wide range of materials available today.

The program of the course is as follows:
1.- Introduction. Types of materials: classifications. Materials Science and Engineering. Relationship composition-structure-properties-processing. Materials Design and Selection. New Materials.
2.- Diffusion. Diffusion mechanisms. Stationary and non-stationary states. Applications of diffusion in materials processing.
3.- Phase Equilibrium. Phase diagrams. Binary and ternary systems. Microstructures. Technological important diagrams.
4.- Mechanical Properties of Materials. Stress and Strain. Elastic deformation. Plastic deformation. Tensile properties. Hardness. Fracture and fatigue.
5.- Thermal properties. Heat capacity. Thermal expansion. Thermal conductivity. Thermal stresses.
6.- Metallic Materials. Classification. Processing of metallic materials. Heat treatments. Ferrous alloys: steels and cast irons. Non-ferrous alloys. Light alloys.
7.- Ceramic Materials. Structure. Properties. Ceramics materials processing. Clays. Glasses. Refractory materials. Cements. Abrasives- zeolites. Advanced ceramics.
8.- Polymeric Materials. Classification. Structure and configuration. Polymerization types. Solubility and thermal stability. Crystallinity. Thermal and mechanical behavior: thermoplastics, thermosets, elastomers.
9.- Composites. Classification. Matrix properties and reinforcements. Materials reinforced by particles and fibers. Anisotropy. Structural materials.
10.- Electrical, Optical and Magnetic materials. Electronic and ionic conductors. Thermoelectric effects. Semiconductors. Dielectrics. Ferro- and piezoelectric materials. Optical properties of materials. Luminescence, phosphorescence and lasers. Optical fiber. Hard and soft magnetic materials. Ferrites. Storage and magnetic recording. Superconductors.

Keywords:

Materials science, chemistry grade.