Syllabus
The lecture is divided in following chapters:
1) Material gropus, basic relations between structure and properties, phase diagrams and synthesis
2) Ceramics
3) Glass
4) Inorganic cements
5) Polymers
6) Metals and alloys
7) Special electrical, magnetic and optical materials
8) Composites
9) Nanomaterials
10) Corrosion and degradation
Annotation
This lecture gives the basic aspects of current material science. It focuses on synthesis, properties and applications of materials with industrial or scientific potential.
As an interdisciplinary field the lecture covers both chemistry and physics domains relevant to the material science.