MAT675   Materials Processing and Characterisation (DL)   (15 credits)

Description

This module introduces the processes and technologies involved in the production of metals, polymers, ceramics and composites and the experimental methods used to characterise these materials. Topics covered include; powder processing; thermomechanical processing; polymer and composites processing; X-ray, Neutron and Electron Diffraction; Light and Electron Optics; Analytical Scanning and Transmission Electron Microscopy; Thermal Analysis, Spectroscopic methods (eg Infra-red, Raman, NMR, XANES) and Advanced Chemical Analysis. Lectures will be supplemented with laboratory exercises on X-ray Diffraction, Optical Microscopy, Electron Microscopy and Quantitative Microstructural Analysis.

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