Subject Outline / Syllabus: Properties of materials for mechanical, thermal and electrical applications. Atomic bonding, solid solutions, crystallisation. Equilibrium phase
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diagrams, applications to steel and aluminium alloys, heat treatments. Structure and special properties of polymers and ceramic materials. General characteristics of metallic composites, polymeric composites and concrete. Introduction to materials in hostile environments: corrosion, creep at high temperature, refractory materials, subnormal temperature brittle fracture. Textbooks (most recent edition is recommended):
W.D. Callister Jr. and D.G. Rethwisch: Materials Science and Engineering: An Introduction, Wiley (open textbook)
Jean-Paul Baïllon et Jean-Marie Dorlot : Des matériaux, Éditions de l’École Polytechnique de Montréal
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