INSTRUMENTAL

Capacity for analysis and synthesis

Organization and planning capacity

Oral and written communication

Ability to manage information

Problem resolution

Decision making



PERSONAL

Teamwork

Skills in interpersonal relationships

Critical thinking



SYSTEMIC

Autonomous Learning

Creativity

Leadership

Initiative

LESSON 1. History and importance of Materials.

Science and engineering of materials. Historical perspective. Current trends in the use of materials



LESSON 2 The atomic structure and the chemical bond.

Fundamentals of atomic structure. Electronic models. Energy levels and electronic configurations. The Periodic Table. Bond forces and energies. Atomic bonds: ionic, covalent, metallic, secondary. Mixed bonds.



LESSON 3 The crystalline structure of solids.

The crystal order. Bravais networks. Miller indices. Metallic crystal structures. Other crystal structures. X-ray diffraction.



LESSON 4 Real solids and diffusion.

Defects in the solids. Point defects. Linear defects. Surface defects. Determination of grain size. The amorphous state: polymers and glasses. Thermal behavior of crystalline materials and amorphous materials. Solid state diffusion. Mathematical laws of diffusion. Diffusion coefficient. Industrial processes.



LESSON 5 Phase Diagrams.

Definitions. Solid solutions: Hume-Rothery rules. Gibbs phase rule. Types of phase diagrams: pure substances, binary. Total solubility binary diagrams. Binary diagrams with invariant points: eutectic, peritectic, monotectic. Diagrams with phases and intermediate compounds.



LESSON 6 Mechanical properties of materials.

Introduction. Elastic deformation. Plastic deformation. Tensile properties and stress-strain diagram. Influence of temperature and strain rate. Modeling of behavior in tensile tests. Hardness. Fracture and Charpy test. Fatigue. Creep.



LESSON 7 Metallic materials.

Ferrous materials: Manufacture of steels and cast irons. Types of steel: metal construction, stainless, tool steels. Types of cast irons. Aluminum and its alloys. Copper and its alloys. Titanium and its alloys. Other non-ferrous alloys. Thermal treatments of metallic materials.



LESSON 8 Polymeric and composite materials.

Polymer structure. Molecular weight distribution. Families of polymeric materials. Shape, structure and molecular conformation. Crystallinity in polymers. Mechanical behavior of polymers. Viscoelasticity. Fracture. Thermoplastic, thermosetting and elastomeric polymers. Manufacturing. Additives. Composite materials. Reinforcing fibers and particles. Laminar and structural compounds.



LESSON 9 Ceramic materials.

Obtaining and properties. Classic ceramics: bricks, tiles, porcelain, earthenware, stoneware. Technical ceramics: alumina, zirconia, silicon carbide, silicon nitride. Glasses: Manufacturing, properties and applications. Vitroceramics: properties and applications.



LESSON 10 Electrical properties. Semiconductor materials.

Electrical conduction in metals. Ohm's law. Band theory. Microscopic model of conduction. Matthiessen's rule. Electrical conduction in semiconductors. Intrinsic and extrinsic semiconductors. Band theory. Fermi level. Hall effect. p-n junction. Dielectric properties: capacitance, dielectric constant and polarization. Applications of dielectric materials. Ferroelectric and piezoelectric materials. Applications.



LESSON 11 Magnetic Properties.

Introduction. Microscopic origin of magnetism. Magnetic field intensity. Magnetic susceptibility and permeability. Diamagnetism. Paramagnetism. Ferromagnetism. Antiferromagnetism. Ferrimagnetism. Hysteresis. Structure of the magnetic domains. Hard and soft magnetic materials. families and applications. Hard and soft ferrimagnetic materials. families and applications.



LESSON 12 Superconducting Materials (SC).

Historical introduction. Perfect conductor and perfect diamagnetic. Meissner effect. Magnetic levitation. SC type I. BCS theory and Cooper pairs. Critical field and critical current. SC type II. High temperature SC. Irreversible field. SC materials and applications.



LESSON 13 Optical properties.

Introduction. Light and the electromagnetic spectrum. Light refraction Absorption, transmission and reflection. Luminescence. Lasers. Optical fibers.

In the master classes, extensive explanations will be given by the teacher with the help of the projection of the presentations, that will also be available to the students both electronically in the virtual classroom (eGela) and printed in the reprography service of the center.



In the seminars, teaching will be focused on specific topics that require complementary exercises to encourage teamwork and student participation with occasional debates. In this way it is possible to deepen the theoretical knowledge of the subject in a more practical and application focused way.

MIXED EVALUATION: continuous (30%) and global exam (70%)



CONTINUOUS EVALUATION (30% of the final grade). Tasks solved in the Seminar classes (20%), and an individual exercise (10%) to be solved in classroom practice classes with the help of notes will be valued.



GLOBAL EXAM (70% of the final grade). The written exam will consist of a theoretical part and a practical part. The theoretical part is multiple choice (20% of the final grade) and the practical part consists of three exercises (50% of the final grade). It is allowed to bring printed information to the exam (subject notes, books, etc.), but it is not allowed to bring electronic devices.



Students may waive the mixed evaluation system and opt for the final evaluation. To do this, the interested student must submit a refusal write to the teacher within a period of 10 weeks from the beginning of the course. In this case they will be evaluated only through the final exam (100% of the grade)



In the event that a face-to-face evaluation of the subject cannot be carried out, the pertinent changes will be made to carry out an online evaluation through the use of the existing computer tools at the UPV/EHU. The characteristics of this online evaluation will be published on eGela.

- Course Slides.
- Book "Materials Science and Engineering: An Introduction". 10th ed. W.D. Callister. Wiley. (2018)

Basic bibliography

- Introducción a la Ciencia de Materiales para Ingenieros. J.F. Shackelford. Ed. Pearson. (1998)

- Ciencia e Ingeniería de los Materiales. D.R. Askeland. Ed. Thompson.(2003)

- Fundamentos de la Ciencia e Ingeniería de Materiales. W.F. Smith. Ed. McGraw-Hill Science. (2009)

In-depth bibliography

- Materiales para ingenieros 1. Introducción a las propiedades, las aplicaciones y el diseño. M.F. Ashby. Ed. Reverté. (2008)
- Materiales para ingenieros 2. Introducción a la microestructura, el procesamiento y el diseño. M.F. Ashby. Ed. Reverté. (2008)

Journals

- Revista de Metalurgia del CENIM (revistametalurgia.revistas.csic.es)
- Boletín Cerámica y vidrio (boletines.secv.es)