COURSE UNIT TITLE

: MATERIALS CHARACTERIZATION

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MME 2408 MATERIALS CHARACTERIZATION COMPULSORY 3 2 0 6

Offered By

Metallurgical and Materials Engineering

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR UĞUR MALAYOĞLU

Offered to

Metallurgical and Materials Engineering

Course Objective

To introduce equipments and techniques used to determine the internal structure as well as the physical and chemical properties (characterization) of engineering materials, while at the same time conduct related applications.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To be able to understand and gain experience on the use of optical microscopy and metallographic preparation of metallurgical samples
2   To be able to explain the structure, operating techniques and applications of the Scanning Electron Microscope
3   To be able to explain the production, properties and use of X-rays in materials characterization
4   To be able to explain the working principals of the thermal analysis equipment and interpret the application results
5   To be able to recognize the techniques used for chemical characterization of materials and interpret the application results
6   To be able to conduct the applications and report their results as teams
7   To be able to identify the use of the characteriztion equipment in solving materials problems as well in developing new materials

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction to metallographic sample preparation(SP): Cutting, molding and mold materials, grinding and polishing Selection of materials for applications
2 Introduction to metallographic sample preparation: Electrolytical polishing principles and etching techniques Indentification of characterization methods
3 Mictrostructure analysis of materials by an optical microscope (OM): Parts of the microscope, investigation of lenses and lens defects. 1.Application SP ve OM
4 Mictrostructure analyses of materials by an optical microscope: illumination systems, magnification and working principles of the microscope 2. SP and OM
5 Investigation by an optical microscope, of the microstructures of materials produced by different methods 3. SP and OM
6 Preparation of heat treated samples and their optical microscope analyses 4. SP and OM
7 1st midterm
8 Material-electron interactions and material characterization by Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) 5. SEM
9 Material characterization by XRD 6. XRD
10 Material characterization by XRF 7. XRF
11 2nd midterm
12 Characterization of thermal properties by TGA / DTA 8.TGA and DTA
13 Characterization of materials by the FTIR method 9.FTIR
14 Introduction to OES and some other characterization methods 10. Related applications

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s):
1. Encyclopedia of Materials Characterizations, Lee E. Fitzpatrick, Butterworth-Heinemann,
Butterworth-Hei, USA, 1992,
2. Scanning Electron Microscopy and X-ray Microanalysis, J. Goldstein, D. E. Newbury, D.C. Joy, Springer Verlag, 0306472929 ,USA
3. Elements of X-Ray Diffraction,B.D. Cullity, Addison Wesley Publishing Company, 0201 01230 8, USA,1967

References: Journals related to materials characterization studies
1. ASM Handbook, Metallography and Microstructures, vol.9.
2. Microscopy Techniques for Materials Science, AR Clarke, CN Eberhard, Woodhead
Publishing Ltd., 1-85573-587-3, England,2002
3. Fundamentals of Light Microscopy and Electronic Imaging, Douglas B Murphy,
Wiley&Sons, 0-471-25391-X, Canada, 2001

Other references:
1.Reports and regular publications on materials characterization
2.Manuals and other written or visual material published by the equipment makers

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lectures + Applications + Report writing + Group studies +Midterm exams + Final exam

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE1 MIDTERM EXAM 1
2 MTE2 MIDTERM EXAM 2
3 LAB LABORATORY
4 FIN FINAL EXAM
5 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE1 * 0.15 + MTE2 * 0.15 + LAB * 0.20 + FIN * 0.50
6 RST RESIT
7 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE1 * 0.15 + MTE2 * 0.15 + LAB * 0.20 + RST * 0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Application studies and report writing are conducted by groups. These activities have a total weight of 20% in grading. Nonparticipation in these activites is graded individually.

Assessment Criteria

Learning Outcomes Assessment

1 - 7 Midterm exams, applications, report writing, Final exam

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Ali Bülent ÖNAY (bulent.onay@deu.edu.tr), Ahmet ÇAKIR (ahmet.cakir@deu.edu.tr)

Office Hours

Monday 9:30 - 10:30

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 3 36
Applications (Lab) 10 2 20
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 3 36
Preparation for midterm exam 2 4 8
Preparation for final exam 1 5 5
Preparing the application reports 10 5 50
Midterm 2 2 4
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 161

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12
LO.14555
LO.23455
LO.33455
LO.43455
LO.53455
LO.655
LO.755

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