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16013
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| Year |
3
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| Semester |
S1
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| ECTS Credits |
7
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| Workload |
PL(15H)/T(40H)/TP(15H)
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| Scientific area |
Industrial Chemistry
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Entry requirements |
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Learning outcomes |
Acquire adequate knowledge on the main materials of technological interest: metallic, ceramic, polymeric, composite and nanomaterial materials.
Know the structure, function, properties and applicability of different materials, identify the properties of materials that add technological and industrial value and relate them to their physical-chemical basis and structure.
Know techniques for characterizing the various types of materials.
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Syllabus |
THEORETICAL PROGRAM
1. Introduction: Classification of materials and importance in today's society
2. Amorphous and crystalline solids. Structural characterization techniques of crystalline materials (X-ray diffraction/Bragg's law).
2.1. Glass and Ceramic Materials. Preparation methods, composition, characteristics and applications.
2.2. Metallic Materials: Ferrous and non-ferrous alloys. Steels and cast irons: Fe-C diagram. Electrical properties of materials/band theory.
2.3. Properties of nanomaterials and methods of preparation. Carbon nanotubes and fullerenes.
3. Polymers
3.1. Introduction to polymers
3.2. Structure, properties and characterization of polymers
3.3. Polymerization and copolymerization processes
3.3.1 By steps
3.3.2 By chain reaction
3.3.3 Via coordination complexes
PRACTICAL PROGRAM
Preparation and characterization of:
- Ceramic materials
- Commercially important polymers.
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Main Bibliography |
Main Bibliograph:
- W. Smith (2006) Princípios de Ciência e Engenharia dos Materiais, 3ª ed. McGraw-Hill
- S. E. Dann (2000) Reactions and Characterization of solids, Royal Society of Chemistry
- A. Cavaleiro (2004) Quimica Inorgânica Básica,3ª ed. Universidade de Aveiro
- D. Vollath (2008) Nanomaterials: An Introduction to Synthesis, Characterization and Processing, WileyVCH, Weinheim, Germany
- M. P. Stevens (1999) Polymer Chemistry - An Introduction” Oxford University Press, 3rd. ed., New York.
- A. Ravve (2012) “Princípios de Química de Polímeros”, Springer.
- Jorge Hadian (2004) Princípios de Polimerização”. 4ª Edição. Ed. John Wiley & Sons.
- Robert J. Young, Peter A. Lovell (2011) Introdução aos Polímeros”. 3ª Edição. Ed. CRC Press.
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Language |
Portuguese. Tutorial support is available in English.
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