This laboratory course is designed as a multiple-theme programme provided by departments that are participating in the Specialization “Materials Chemistry and Technology” of the Study Programme “Chemistry, Technology and Materials”. The course tasks will cover the following fields: metal processing and corrosion, glass and ceramic technology, polymer properties and processing, electrolysis and membrane technology, spectroscopic characterization of materials. Thus, students will become familiar with both materials synthesis and their characterization. Students will also improve their ability to record and process results and to make conclusions using measured data.

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This subject provides a comprehensive and consistent overview on the microstructure and properties of heterogeneous materials (single-phase or multiphase), including composites dense poly- and nanocrystalline materials, multiphase materials, porous and cellular materials, based on the theory of heterogeneous materials, so-called micromechanics. In the introduction a general classification of heterogeneous materials is presented and the preparation of dense and porous poly- and nanocrystalline materials is described. Methods for the microstructural characterization of heterogeneous materials are briefly summarized and the concept of correlation functions for the description of the microstructure of heterogeneous materials is explained. Micromechanical bounds and model relations describing microstructure-property relations are explained in detail, including mixture rules and cross-property relations. The main part of the subject concerns mechanical, thermophysical and thermomechanical properties, a smaller part electrical, magnetic and optical properties, fluid transport in porous media and the viscosity and thermal conductivity of suspensions and nanofluids. In the context of nanomaterials the structure of the interface and the so-called phase mixture model for calculating the grain size dependence of properties is explained. The subject is suitable for students of all material study programs and specializations.

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Theoretical principles of Materials Engineering and Materials Science. The emphasis is on engineering approach in solving the problems of chemistry and physics of solid state and for the understanding of the relationship between structure, reactivity and properties of solids.

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The aim is to teach students basic crystallographic knowledge, some application of X-ray techniques mainly for polycrystalline materials - qualitative and semiquantitative phase analysis. Students will learn to prepare polycrystalline specimen into a holder, to prepare program for X-ray data collection and to evaluate powder pattern in HighScore Plus 3.0 program. Students will learn to work with program HighScore Plus 3.0 and perform search-match in the database PDF4+.

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The subject deals with polymer molecular and supramolecular structure, network formation, free volume concept, glass transition, crystallization, linear and rubber elasticity, viscoelasticity, melt flow properties, yielding and fracture, miscibility and swelling of polymers, electrical properties, transport properties. Fundamental knowledge of differential and integral calculi, combinatorics, thermodynamics and chemical structure of basic polymers are required. Exemplars and tasks for homework will be given at lectures. The exam consists of written (imposition with similar tasks) and oral part.

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Basic principles and modern concepts of the description of inorganic crystalline solids are introduced. The course is devided into four study blocks: 1.Chemical bonding in crystals, 2. Symmetry and structure of crystalline solids, 3. Crystal energetics and crystal defects equilibrium, 4. Crystal types and structural principles of solid inorganic substances (mixed oxides, chalcogenides, intermetallics, silicates).

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The course introduces the basic microscopic and spectroscopic methods used for materials characterization. The course covers energy levels of atoms, molecule, and solid, physical principles of methods and their relation to instruments and sample preparations.

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The subject gives a survey of phase transformations which are important for treatment of metallic materials. Crystallization of alloys, as well as solid state phase transformations of steels and non-ferrous metals, are described.

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The aim is to teach students a few more sophisticated X-ray techniques for polycrystalline materials - indexing procedure for powder patterns, Rietveld analysis for quantitative phase determination, amorphous content determination, crystallite size determination. Students will learn more advanced features of HighScore Plus 3.0 program and search in the databases ICSD, CSD.

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The content of this subject is focused on the introduction of fundamentals of the structure of metallic materials and lattice defects. There is given the description of individual lattice defects and their behavior in materials and there are shown the consequences of existence of individual defects on the properties of metals and alloys.

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This course provides a self-contained and consistent overview of the mechanical and thermomechanical properties of materials, based on the theory of rational mechanics and thermomechanics. The presentation of the topics is based on the exact theory of continua and requires from the student the ability to follow tensor formalism. Apart from standard topics this course contains recent developments in the field of materials mechanics, and tries to correct some of the errors and misconceptions in the common textbook literature. The course is appropriate for students of all subjects.

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The course enhances the knowledge in the area of electrochemistry obtained in bachelor study. In the first part of the course, attention is focused on the description of electrical signal transmission in conductors, individual types of semiconductors and electrolytes. Considerable attention is paid to the description of the phase boundary between above-mentioned materials and ion-conducting electrolytes. The following section discusses in detail the charge transfer via the phase interface and the kinetics of charge-driven reactions. This basic model is subsequently supplemented by the effects of transport phenomena. Theoretical knowledge and description of the systems are subsequently used in the discussion of the mechanism of corrosion reactions and their influencing. At the end students are acquainted with measuring techniques used in electrochemistry and corrosion engineering and practical applications of acquired knowledge.

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The course involves the fundamental chemical-engineering and technological knowledge of glass preparation, particularly by glass melting. The contemporary approaches to preparation of special glasses by modern non-melting methods are summarized in the introductory lecture. The substantial part of the course focuses on the glass melting process of industrial glasses. The individual courses are chronologically arranged according to the actual development of the glass melting process.

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This course provides a comprehensive overview of ceramic science and technology. In the first, general, part a survey is given on raw materials, ceramic technology as a whole as well as the microstructure and properties of ceramics. In the second, special, part the main groups of ceramic materials are treated from the chemical viewpoint (oxide, non-oxide and silicate ceramics) and from the viewpoint of microstructure and applications (refractories, porous and cellular, functional, bio- and nanomaterials).

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