Dept of Materials and Manufacturing Eng

MPP001 Non Metallic Materials 6.0 ECTS credits

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General information about studying at Luleå University
TIMEPERIOD: Q I

LANGUAGE: Swedish

EXAMINER
L Wallström Univ adj

PREREQUISITES
Basic physics

COURSE AIM
To provide basic knowledge on structure, processing and use of polymeric and ceramic engineering materials.

CONTENTS
Polymers (70% of the course): Polymer structure Glass transition temperature Crystallinity Rubbers Thermosets Viscoelasticity, phenomena, molecular mechanisms and theory Materials selection and design Processing methods Ceramics (30% of the course): Properties and applications Strengh, Weibull distribution, time dependant properties Structure of ceramics, glass, processing part 1 Processing part 2

TEACHING
Lectures, class room seminars, demonstrations

EXAMINATION
Written examination.
COURSE GRADE SCALE:

ITEMS AND CREDITS 
Laboratory work                                             	0.3 ECTS
Written exam                                                	5.7 ECTS

COURSE LITERATURE
N.G. McCrum, C.P. Buckley and C.B. Bucknall, Principles of polymer engineering, Oxford University Press (Oxford), 1990. W.D. Callister; Material Science and Engineering, 3rd ed. John Wiley & Sons, 1994.

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