[6 CP | 6 SWS|winter semester | module no.: 11237]

After completing the module, students will be able to

• Have an overview knowledge of material development,
• know methods for characterisation,
• know the use of materials in specific applications,
• select and modify materials independently when given the appropriate task

In addition, the students' social skills such as the ability to cooperate, advise, lead and collaborate as well as other individual skills such as diligence, perseverance, curiosity and initiative are funded.

Topics

• Frequently used material/material classes
• Composite materials (including nanocomposites)
• Building materials, e.g. binders, stones, building ceramics, wood
• Glasses, glass fibres
• Important manufacturing processes (e.g. sintering, polymerisation, sol-gel processes)
• Important moulding processes (e.g. casting, pressing, extrusion)
• Recycling of materials
• Utilisation of residual materials and renewable raw materials
• Frequently used methods for analysis and characterisation (e.g. thermal analysis, X-ray diffraction, microscopy, porosimetry, selected spectroscopic methods)

Dates in summer semester 2024

E-Learning

• Moodle Link

Notes

• none

Literature

• Will be announced in the course.

Prerequisites:

• Recommended: Basic knowledge of Physics and Chemistry

Contact person:

• apl. Prof. PD Dr rer. nat. habil. Siegfried Vieth